overtake vs thwart

overtake

noun
  • An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver. 

verb
  • To become greater than something else 

  • To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away 

  • To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic). 

thwart

noun
  • An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle. 

  • A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit. 

  • A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (“breadth”) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail. 

adj
  • Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse. 

verb
  • To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent. 

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