Surmount vs. Overcome — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Surmount and Overcome
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Surmount
To overcome (an obstacle, for example); triumph over.
Overcome
To defeat (another) in competition or conflict
Overcame the opposing team in the last quarter.
Surmount
To ascend to the top of; climb
Surmount a hill.
Overcome
To deal with successfully; prevail over; surmount
Tried to overcome the obstacles of poverty.
Surmount
To place something above; top
The lintel was surmounted with a frieze.
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Overcome
To overpower, as with emotion; affect deeply
Was overcome with grief.
Surmount
To be above or on top of
The church steeple surmounts the square.
Overcome
To surmount opposition; be victorious.
Surmount
(Obsolete) To surpass or exceed in amount.
Overcome
(transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
To overcome enemies in battle
Surmount
(transitive) To get over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
Overcome
(intransitive) To prevail.
Surmount
(transitive) To cap; to sit on top of.
Overcome
(transitive) To recover from (a difficulty), to get over
Surmount
To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.
The mountains of Olympus, Athos, and Atlas, overreach and surmount all winds and clouds.
Overcome
(transitive) To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
Surmount
To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles.
Overcome
To come or pass over; to spread over.
I was overcome with anger.
Surmount
To surpass; to exceed.
What surmounts the reachOf human sense I shall delineate.
Overcome
(obsolete) To overflow; to surcharge.
Surmount
Get on top of; deal with successfully;
He overcame his shyness
Overcome
(Scotland) The burden or recurring theme in a song.
Surmount
Be on top of;
The scarf surmounted the gown
Overcome
(Scotland) A surplus.
Surmount
Reach the highest point of;
We scaled the Mont Blanc
Overcome
To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle.
This wretched woman overcomeOf anguish, rather than of crime, hath been.
Surmount
Be or do something to a greater degree;
Her performance surpasses that of any other student I know
She outdoes all other athletes
This exceeds all my expectations
This car outperforms all others in its class
Overcome
To overflow; to surcharge.
Overcome
To come or pass over; to spread over.
And overcome us like a summer's cloud.
Overcome
To gain the superiority; to be victorious.
Overcome
Win a victory over;
You must overcome all difficulties
Defeat your enemies
He overcame his shyness
She conquered here fear of mice
He overcame his infirmity
Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
Overcome
Get on top of; deal with successfully;
He overcame his shyness
Overcome
Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Overcome
Overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome;
Heart disease can get the best of us
Overcome
Rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something;
A desk flooded with applications
Felt inundated with work
Too much overcome to notice
A man engulfed by fear
Swamped by work
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