Difference between Drown and Overwhelm

What is the difference between Drown and Overwhelm?

Drown as a verb is to be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish by such suffocation. while Overwhelm as a verb is to engulf, surge-over and submerge

Drown

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish by such suffocation. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; — said especially of sound; usually in the form "to drown out" To lose, make hard to find or unnoticeable in an abundant mass

Example sentence: People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.

Overwhelm

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To engulf, surge-over and submergeTo overpower emotionally

Example sentence: Too many choices can overwhelm us and cause us to not choose at all. For businesses, this means that if they offer us too many choices, we may not buy anything.

We hope you now know whether to use Drown or Overwhelm in your sentence.

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