Overrule vs. Overturn — What's the Difference?

To declare (a court ruling or other precedent) as superseded and no longer accurate with regard to a legal question

Overturn is a video game developed by Japanese company Studio Zan for WiiWare. It was released in Japan on December 2, 2008, in North America on August 3, 2009, and in Europe on February 12, 2010, by Gamebridge as Overturn: Mecha Wars.

To reject or disallow as contrary to rules or law

To cause to turn over; upset or flip over

To reject or annul (a decision or recommendation, for example)

To cause to fall over; knock or topple over

To reject or annul a decision made by (someone)

To ransack

(transitive) To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.

To cause the downfall, destruction, or ending of; overthrow or abolish.

(transitive) To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter.

(Law) To invalidate or reverse (a decision) by legal means

(transitive) To nullify a previous ruling by a higher power.

To turn over or capsize

To dismiss or throw out (a protest or objection) at a court.

The act or process of overturning

To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.

The state of having been overturned.

To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order.

The periodic mixing or circulation of water in a lake or sea as a result of changing temperature of its layers.

To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.

To turn over, capsize or upset.

To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules.

(transitive) To overthrow or destroy.

Rule against;

To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.

(transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.

(intransitive) Of a body of water: to undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.

A turning over or upside-down; inversion.

The overturning or overthrow of some institution or state of affairs; ruin.

To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.

To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.

To overpower; to conquer.

The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties.

The act of upsetting something;

An improbable and unexpected victory;

Turn from an upright or normal position;

Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position;

Rule against;

Cause the downfall of; of rulers;

Annul by recalling or rescinding;

Change radically;