The difference between Overcome and Own
When used as verbs, overcome means to surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle), whereas own means to have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital).
Overcome is also noun with the meaning: the burden or recurring theme in a song.
Own is also adjective with the meaning: belonging to.
check bellow for the other definitions of Overcome and Own
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Overcome as a verb (transitive):
To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
Examples:
"to overcome enemies in battle"
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Overcome as a verb (transitive):
To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
Examples:
"We shall overcome."
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Overcome as a verb:
To come or pass over; to spread over.
Examples:
"I was overcome with anger."
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Overcome as a verb:
To overflow; to surcharge.
Examples:
"rfquotek J. Philips"
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Overcome as a noun (Scotland):
The burden or recurring theme in a song.
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Overcome as a noun (Scotland):
A surplus.
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to.
Examples:
"I own this car."
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.
Examples:
"The United States owns Point Roberts by the terms of the Treaty of Oregon."
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
Examples:
"I will own my enemies."
"If he wins, he will own you."
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To virtually or figuratively enslave.
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Own as a verb (online gaming, slang):
To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled .
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Own as a verb (transitive, computing, slang):
To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn.
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Own as an adjective:
Belonging to; possessed; proper to. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
Examples:
"They went that way, but we need to find our own."
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Own as an adjective (obsolete):
Peculiar, domestic.
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Own as an adjective (obsolete):
Not foreign.
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Own as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To grant; give.
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Own as a verb (intransitive):
To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To admit; concede; acknowledge.
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To answer to.
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To recognise; acknowledge.
Examples:
"to own one as a son"
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To claim as one's own.
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Own as a verb (intransitive, UK, _, dialectal):
To confess.