Overwhelm vs. Whelm: What's the Difference?

To surge over and submerge; engulf

To cover with water; submerge.

To defeat completely and decisively

To overwhelm.

To affect deeply in mind or emotion

To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.

To present with an excessive amount

To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.

To turn over; upset

To ruin or destroy.

To engulf, surge over and submerge.

To overcome with emotion; to overwhelm.

To overpower, crush.

A surge of water.

To overpower emotionally.

To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.

To cause to surround, to cover.

Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.

The state or condition of being overwhelmed.

To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.

To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly.

Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

To project or impend over threateningly.

To cause to surround, to cover.

The act of overwhelming.

Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

Charge someone with too many tasks

Cover completely or make imperceptible;

Overcome by superior force