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Overthrow vs Downcome - What's the difference?

overthrow | downcome |

As verbs the difference between overthrow and downcome

is that overthrow is to throw down to the ground, to overturn or overthrow can be (intransitive) to throw (something) so that it goes too far while downcome is to come down; fall down; come or fall apart.

As nouns the difference between overthrow and downcome

is that overthrow is a removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force or overthrow can be (sports) a throw that goes too far while downcome is a tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.

overthrow

English

Etymology 1

From .

Verb

  • To throw down to the ground, to overturn.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , John II:
    • And he made a scourge of smale cordes, and drave them all out off the temple, bothe shepe and oxen, and powred doune the changers money, and overthrue their tables.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • His wife overthrew the table.
  • To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force.
    • I hate the current government, but not enough to want to overthrow them.
  • * Dryden
    • When the walls of Thebes he overthrew .
  • * Shakespeare
    • [Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.
    Derived terms
    * overthrowal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force.
  • *
    • What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race!
    Hypernyms
    * (removal by force) downfall
    Coordinate terms
    * (removal by force) collapse

    Etymology 2

    Verb

  • (intransitive) To throw (something) so that it goes too far.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sports) A throw that goes too far.
    • He overthrew first base, for an error.
  • (cricket) A run scored by the batting side when a fielder throws the ball back to the infield, whence it continues to the opposite outfield.

    • Quotations

    * * (seeCites)

    downcome

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
    • (Milton)
  • In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.

    • Verb

  • To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
  • *1904 , Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.), Journal of the Franklin Institute: Volume 158 - Page 279 :
    • Over buildings, around corners, across rivers, sometimes bracketed to the sides of buildings, at other times supported in the open land by A bents; using the less val- The single motor telpher, the trailer, the swinging downcomes , [...]
  • *1995 , Jack Womack, Random Acts of Senseless Violence - Page 242 :
    • Everthing downcame today Anne the world's spinning out and I spec we finally all going to be riding raw.