Overwhelm vs. Whelm: What's the Difference?
Overwhelm and Whelm Definitions
Overwhelm
To surge over and submerge; engulf
Waves overwhelming the rocky shoreline.
Whelm
To cover with water; submerge.
Overwhelm
To defeat completely and decisively
Our team overwhelmed the visitors by 40 points.
Whelm
To overwhelm.
Overwhelm
To affect deeply in mind or emotion
Despair overwhelmed me.
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Whelm
To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.
Overwhelm
To present with an excessive amount
They overwhelmed us with expensive gifts.
Whelm
To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
Overwhelm
To turn over; upset
The small craft was overwhelmed by the enormous waves.
Whelm
To ruin or destroy.
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Overwhelm
To engulf, surge over and submerge.
The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
Whelm
To overcome with emotion; to overwhelm.
Overwhelm
To overpower, crush.
In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
Whelm
A surge of water.
The whelm of the tide
Overwhelm
To overpower emotionally.
He was overwhelmed with guilt.
Joy overwhelmed her when she realized that she had won a million dollars.
Whelm
To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
She is my prize, or ocean whelm them all!
The whelming billow and the faithless oar.
Overwhelm
To cause to surround, to cover.
Whelm
Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.
Overwhelm
The state or condition of being overwhelmed.
Whelm
To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
Overwhelm
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.
The sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Foul deeds will rise,Though all the earth o'erwhelm them.
Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen,All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen.
Whelm
Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Overwhelm
To project or impend over threateningly.
His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight.
Overwhelm
To cause to surround, to cover.
Overwhelm
The act of overwhelming.
Overwhelm
Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Overwhelm
Charge someone with too many tasks
Overwhelm
Cover completely or make imperceptible;
I was drowned in work
The noise drowned out her speech
Overwhelm
Overcome by superior force
