Toppled vs Overthrown - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between toppled and overthrown

is that toppled is past tense of topple while overthrown is past participle of lang=en.

(head)

(topple)

(toppl)

to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something

* The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator

to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so

* The pile of pennies began to topple

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