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Overthrow vs Undo - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between overthrow and undo

is that overthrow is to throw down to the ground, to overturn while undo is to reverse the effects of an action.{{jump|reverse effects|a}} singular.

As a noun overthrow

is a removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force.

As an adjective undo is

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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)

    undo

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

  • To reverse the effects of an action.
    • Fortunately, we can undo most of the damage to the system by the war.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Michael Da Silva , title=Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But Wigan undid their good work by conceding an avoidable second goal deep into first-half injury time.}}
  • To unfasten.
    • Could you undo my buckle for me?
  • (figuratively) to be heading for or to cause a downfall
  • * 1611 ,
    • Woe is me, for I am undone !

    Synonyms

    * cancel, reverse * unbuckle, unbutton, untie, unzip

    Antonyms

    * redo * do up, button, button up, tie up, zip, zip up,

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (head)

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "undo")

    References

    Anagrams

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