The difference between Overthrow and Own
When used as verbs, overthrow means to bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force, whereas own means to have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital).
Overthrow is also noun with the meaning: a removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force.
Own is also adjective with the meaning: belonging to.
check bellow for the other definitions of Overthrow and Own
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Overthrow as a verb (transitive):
To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force.
Examples:
"I hate the current government, but not enough to want to overthrow them."
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Overthrow as a verb (transitive, now, rare):
To throw down to the ground, to overturn.
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Overthrow as a noun:
A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force.
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Overthrow as a noun (archaic, rare):
An act of throwing something to the ground; an overturning.
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Overthrow as a verb (transitive, intransitive):
To throw (something) so that it goes too far.
Examples:
"He overthrew first base, for an error."
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Overthrow as a noun (sports):
A throw that goes too far. A run scored by the batting side when a fielder throws the ball back to the infield, whence it continues to the opposite outfield.
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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.