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Ravage vs Overthrow - What's the difference?

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Ravage is a related term of overthrow.


As verbs the difference between ravage and overthrow

is that ravage is while overthrow is to throw down to the ground, to overturn or overthrow can be (intransitive) to throw (something) so that it goes too far.

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.

ravage

English

Verb

  • To devastate or destroy something.
  • To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something.
  • To wreak destruction.

    • Related terms

    * rapid

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Grievous damage or havoc.
  • * Addison
    • Would one think 'twere possible for love / To make such ravage in a noble soul?
  • Depredation or devastation
    • the ravage''' of a lion; the '''ravages''' of fire or tempest; the '''ravages of an army, or of time

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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.

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