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Include vs Overwhelm - What's the difference?

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Include is a related term of overwhelm.


As verbs the difference between include and overwhelm

is that include is to bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member while overwhelm is to engulf, surge over and submerge.

As a noun include

is (computing) a piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.

include

English

Alternative forms

* enclude (obsolete)

Verb

(includ)
  • To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
    • I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
  • To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.
    • The vacation package includes car rental.
    Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?
    I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
    up to and including page twenty-five
  • * Milton
    • The whole included race, his purposed prey.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The loss of such a lord includes all harm.
  • (obsolete) To enclose, confine.
  • *, New York, 2001, p.107:
    • I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit.
  • (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Come, let us go; we will include all jars / With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.

    Antonyms

    * exclude

    Related terms

    * inclusion (noun) * inclusive (adjective) * includable * includible * include me out * reinclude

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
  • * 2006 , Laura Lemay, Rafe Colburn, Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day
    • In the previous lesson, you learned how to use server-side includes , which enable you to easily include snippets of web pages within other web pages.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    overwhelm

    English

    Verb

  • To engulf, surge over and submerge.
    • The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
  • To overpower, crush.
    • In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
  • * Bible, Psalms lxxviii. 53
    • The sea overwhelmed their enemies.
  • To overpower emotionally.
    • He was overwhelmed with guilt.
    Joy overwhelmed her when she realized that she had won a million dollars.
  • To cause to surround, to cover.
    • (Papin)

    Derived terms

    * overwhelming

    Related terms

    * whelm

    See also

    * too many balls in the air