Summarize vs Overthrow - What's the difference?
summarize | overthrow |
To prepare a summary of something
To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review
To throw down to the ground, to overturn.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , John II:
* Jeremy Taylor
To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force.
* Dryden
* Shakespeare
A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force.
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(intransitive) To throw (something) so that it goes too far.
(sports) A throw that goes too far.
(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.
As verbs the difference between summarize and overthrow
is that summarize is to prepare a summary of something while overthrow is to throw down to the ground, to overturn or overthrow can be (intransitive) to throw (something) so that it goes too far.As a noun overthrow is
a removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force or overthrow can be (sports) a throw that goes too far.summarize
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Alternative forms
* summarise (UK )Verb
(summariz)overthrow
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Etymology 1
From .Verb
- 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.
- His wife overthrew the table.
- I hate the current government, but not enough to want to overthrow them.
- When the walls of Thebes he overthrew .
- [Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.
Derived terms
* overthrowalNoun
(en noun)- What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race!
Hypernyms
* (removal by force) downfallCoordinate terms
* (removal by force) collapseEtymology 2
Verb
Noun
(en noun)- He overthrew first base, for an error.