Invasion vs Overrun - What's the difference?
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A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.
The entry without consent of an individual or group into an area where they are not wanted.
To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his positions conclusively.
To infest, swarm over, flow over.
* Spenser
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times
, passage=As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.}}
To run past; to run beyond.
* Bible, 2. Sam. xviii. 23
To continue for too long.
(printing) To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
To go beyond; to extend in part beyond.
To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
* Spenser
An instance of overrunning
* 2013 June 18, , "
The amount by which something overruns
As nouns the difference between invasion and overrun
is that invasion is invasion while overrun is an instance of overrunning.As a verb overrun is
to defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his positions conclusively.invasion
English
(wikipedia invasion)Noun
(en noun)- an invasion of mobile phones
- an invasion of bees
- an invasion of foreign tourists
Derived terms
* British Invasion * invasion of privacy * invasion stripes * pitch invasionoverrun
English
Verb
(transitive)- The vine overran''' its trellis; the field is '''overrun with weeds.
- those barbarous nations that overran the world
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- The athlete overran the finish line and kept going.
- One line overruns another in length.
- Ahimaaz run by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
- The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.
- In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
- None of them the feeble overran .
Noun
(en noun)Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- Some of the stadiums being built for the World Cup soccer tournament, scheduled for next year, have also been criticized for delays and cost overruns , and have become subjects of derision as protesters question whether they will become white elephants.
- ''At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!