Retake vs Overtake - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between retake and overtake

is that retake is to take something again while overtake is to pass a more slowly moving object.

is a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again.

to take something again

to take something back

to capture or occupy somewhere again

:The army tried repeatedly to retake the fort they had been driven from.

to photograph or film again

(en noun)

a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again

To pass a more slowly moving object.

To catch up with, but not pass, a more slowly moving vehicle, animal etc.

"I overtook' and passed the doctor between Woking and Send." '''1898 ,

(economics) To become greater than something else

To occur unexpectedly

"Our plans were overtaken by events."