Difference between Overcome and Defeat

What is the difference between Overcome and Defeat?

Overcome as a verb is to surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of. while Defeat as a verb is to overcome in battle or contest

Overcome

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of. To win (a battle). To overwhelm with emotion (usually in passive).

Example sentence: The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

Defeat

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of defeating or being defeated

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To overcome in battle or contestTo destroy, ruin, undo, lay waste to

Example sentence: The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

We hope you now know whether to use Overcome or Defeat in your sentence.

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