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In transitive terms the difference between rout and overpower

is that rout is to defeat completely, forcing into disorderly retreat while overpower is to render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity etc.

As verbs the difference between rout and overpower

is that rout is to make a noise; roar; bellow; snort while overpower is to subdue someone by superior force.

As a noun rout

is a noise; a loud noise; a bellowing; a shouting; clamor; an uproar; disturbance; tumult.

rout

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) routen, ruten, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make a noise; roar; bellow; snort.
  • To snore; snore loudly.
    • (Chaucer)
  • To belch.
  • To howl as the wind; make a roaring noise.
    • Derived terms
    * (cheer)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A noise; a loud noise; a bellowing; a shouting; clamor; an uproar; disturbance; tumult.
  • * Sterne
    • This new book the whole world makes such a rout about.
  • * Trench
    • "My child, it is not well," I said, / "Among the graves to shout; / To laugh and play among the dead, / And make this noisy rout ."
  • Snoring.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . More at rush.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To beat; strike; assail with blows.
    • Derived terms
    * atrout

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A violent movement; a great or violent stir; a heavy blow; a stunning blow; a stroke.

    • Etymology 3

    1598, "disorderly retreat," from (etyl) route'' "disorderly flight of troops," literally "a breaking off, rupture," from ''rupta'' "a dispersed group," literally "a broken group," from (etyl) ''rupta'', feminine past participle of ''rumpere "to break" (see rupture). The verb is from 1600.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng.
  • * Spenser
    • A rout of people there assembled were.
  • A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.
  • * Spenser
    • the endless routs of wretched thralls
  • * Shakespeare
    • the ringleader and head of all this rout
  • * Milton
    • Nor do I name of men the common rout .
  • * 1663 ,
    • When Gospel-Trumpeter, surrounded / With long-ear'd rout , to battle sounded, / And pulpit, drum ecclesiastick, / Was beat with fist, instead of a stick;
  • * 1928 , H. P. Lovecraft, "", Weird Tales , Vol. 11, No. 2, pages 159–178, 287:
    • although there must have been nearly a hundred mongrel celebrants in the throng, the police relied on their firearms and plunged determinedly into the nauseous rout .
  • The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army.
    • The rout of the enemy was complete.
  • * Daniel
    • Thy army / Dispersed in rout , betook them all to fly.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • To these glad conquest, murderous rout to those.
  • (legal) A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.
    • (Wharton)
  • A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.
  • * Landor
    • at routs and dances
    Derived terms
    * routous, routously

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To defeat completely, forcing into disorderly retreat.
  • * Clarendon
    • That party that charged the Scots, so totally routed and defeated their whole army, that they fled.
  • * 2009 January 30, Adam Entous, " Mitchell warns of setbacks ahead in Mideast talks" (news article), Reuters:
    • Israel tightened its blockade of the Gaza Strip after Hamas routed secular Fatah forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and seized control of the enclave in June 2007.
  • (obsolete) To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.
  • * (rfdate)
    • In all that land no Christian durste route .
    (Francis Bacon)

    Etymology 4

    Alteration of root.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To search or root in the ground, as a swine.
    • (Edwards)
  • To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
  • To use a router in woodworking.

    • See also

    * (Wood router)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    overpower

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To subdue someone by superior force.
    • We overpowered the opposing army within a couple of hours.
  • To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to subdue.
    • Bright light overpowers the eyes.
  • To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity etc.
    • The dish was OK, but the garlic slightly overpowered the herbs.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 15 , author=Felicity Cloake , title=How to cook the perfect nut roast , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Breadcrumbs seem to be the most popular choice, but Rose Elliot's recipe, in Vegetarian Christmas (as recommended by one of the three nice people who did tweet back, India Knight), doesn't quite convince as the centrepiece of the festive feast. It consists of two layers of ground cashew nuts, mixed with breadcrumbs, onions, nutmeg and vegetable stock, and separated by a vibrant green herb stuffing, the main ingredient of which is also bread. Although surprisingly moist, thanks to the stock (indeed, the contrast between the crisp exterior and the squidgy middle is horribly moreish), the combination of parsley, garlic and breadcrumbs reminds me of a very fancy loaf of garlic bread – and all but overpowers the sweet flavour of the cashews.}}