Overrun vs Invade - What's the Difference?
Definition as Noun
- too much production or more than expected
Definition as Verb
- penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way
- to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
- march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
- occupy in large numbers or live on a host
Definition as Verb
- seize the position of and defeat
- run beyond or past
- invade in great numbers
- occupy in large numbers or live on a host
- flow or run over (a limit or brim)
Examples
- "The cancer had invaded her lungs"
- "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"
- "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
- "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
- "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
- "The plane overran the runway"
- "the roaches infested our kitchen"
- "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"