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Put_down vs Overwhelm - What's the difference?

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Put_down is a related term of overwhelm.


As verbs the difference between put_down and overwhelm

is that put_down is while overwhelm is to engulf, surge over and submerge.

As a noun put_down

is .

put_down

English

Verb

  • Why don't you put down your briefcase and stay awhile?
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
  • "There he is!" cried Mrs. Flanders, coming round the rock and covering the whole space of the beach in a few seconds. "What has he got hold of? Put it down , Jacob! Drop it this moment!
  • (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean.
  • They frequently put down their little sister for walking slowly.
  • * 1965 , (The Who), (My Generation)
  • People try to put us down / Just because we get around.
  • (of money as deposit) To pay.
  • We put down a $1,000 deposit.
  • To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
  • The government quickly put down the insurrection.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
  • For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down , The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
  • (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).
  • Rex was in so much pain, they had to put''' him '''down .
  • To write (something).
  • Put down the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.
  • (of a telephone) To terminate a call; to hang up.
  • Don't put''' the phone '''down . I want a quick word with him,too.
  • To add a name to a list.
  • I've put''' myself '''down for the new Spanish conversation course.
  • To make prices, or taxes, lower.
  • BP are putting''' petrol and diesel '''down in what could be the start of a price war.
  • (idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
  • I had just put''' Mary '''down when you rang. So now she's crying again.
  • (idiomatic, of an aircraft) To land.
  • The pilot managed to put down in a nearby farm field.
  • (idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
  • The taxi put''' him '''down outside the hotel.
  • (idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
  • I was unable to put down ''The Stand'': it was that exciting.

    Derived terms

    * put someone down as * put down for * put down to

    overwhelm

    English

    Verb

  • To engulf, surge over and submerge.
  • The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
  • To overpower, crush.
  • In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
  • * Bible, Psalms lxxviii. 53
  • The sea overwhelmed their enemies.
  • To overpower emotionally.
  • He was overwhelmed with guilt.
    Joy overwhelmed her when she realized that she had won a million dollars.
  • To cause to surround, to cover.
  • (Papin)

    Derived terms

    * overwhelming

    See also

    * too many balls in the air