Vanquish vs Overwhelm - What's the difference?
vanquish | overwhelm | Related terms |
To defeat, to overcome.
* Clarendon
* Atterbury
To engulf, surge over and submerge.
To overpower, crush.
* Bible, Psalms lxxviii. 53
To overpower emotionally.
To cause to surround, to cover.
Vanquish is a related term of overwhelm.
As verbs the difference between vanquish and overwhelm
is that vanquish is to defeat, to overcome while overwhelm is to engulf, surge over and submerge.vanquish
English
Verb
(es)- They vanquished the rebels in all encounters.
- This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.
overwhelm
English
Verb
- The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
- In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
- The sea overwhelmed their enemies.
- He was overwhelmed with guilt.
- Joy overwhelmed her when she realized that she had won a million dollars.
- (Papin)
