Overwhelm vs Outscorn - What's the difference?
overwhelm | outscorn |
To engulf, surge over and submerge.
To overpower, crush.
* Bible, Psalms lxxviii. 53
To overpower emotionally.
To cause to surround, to cover.
To overcome or overwhelm by haughty disregard; defy; scorn or despise.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 14, author=Penelope Green, title=Kitchen Tales, work=New York Times
, passage=“That’s a bit like asking a man to subject himself to his own Freudian analysis,” he said, and then ventured this answer: “I guess I am Lear and the kitchen is my heath, wherein I strive to outscorn the to-and-fro conflicting wind and rain.” }}
As verbs the difference between overwhelm and outscorn
is that overwhelm is to engulf, surge over and submerge while outscorn is to overcome or overwhelm by haughty disregard; defy; scorn or despise.overwhelm
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- The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
- In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
- The sea overwhelmed their enemies.
- He was overwhelmed with guilt.
- Joy overwhelmed her when she realized that she had won a million dollars.
- (Papin)
Derived terms
* overwhelmingSee also
* too many balls in the airoutscorn
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