Difference between Overrun and Infested

What is the difference between Overrun and Infested?

Overrun as a verb is to defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his positions conclusively. while Infested as a verb is to inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.

Overrun

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his positions conclusively. To infest, swarm over, flow over To run past; exceed To continue for too long. To readjust by shifting the excess letter(s) to the next line of a set type

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An instance of overrunning The amount by which something overruns

Infested

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.

We hope you now know whether to use Overrun or Infested in your sentence.

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