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Suppress vs Overthrow - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between suppress and overthrow

is that suppress is to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue while overthrow is to throw down to the ground, to overturn.

As a noun overthrow is

a removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force.

suppress

English

Verb

  • to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue
    • ''Political dissent was brutally suppressed .
  • to restrain or repress an expression
    • ''I struggled to suppress my smile.
  • (psychiatry) to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
    • He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
  • to prevent publication
    • The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
  • to stop a flow or stream
    • The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.
    ''Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.
  • (US, legal) to forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained
  • (electronics) to reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal
  • (obsolete) to hold in place, to keep low

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    * suppression * suppressor

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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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