Overturn vs Subverted - What's the difference?
overturn | subverted |
To turn over, capsize or upset (something)
To overthrow or destroy something
(legal) To reverse a decision; to overrule or rescind
To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to comeback from.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=April 10
, author=Alistair Magowan
, title=Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle
, work=BBC Sport
(subvert)
To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
* Shakespeare
* John Locke
To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
As verbs the difference between overturn and subverted
is that overturn is to turn over, capsize or upset (something) while subverted is (subvert).overturn
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(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure }}
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(head)subvert
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) subverten, from (etyl) subvertir, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- He razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.
- This would subvert the principles of all knowledge.
- A dictator stays in power only as long as he manages to subvert the will of his people.