Overthrow vs Vanquish - What's the difference?

Overthrow is a related term of vanquish.

As verbs the difference between overthrow and vanquish

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 vanquish is to defeat, to overcome.

As a noun 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.

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

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vanquish

English

Verb

(es)

To defeat, to overcome.

* Clarendon

They vanquished the rebels in all encounters.

* Atterbury

This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.