Conquer vs. Defeat

Conquerverb

To defeat in combat; to subjugate.

Conquerverb

To acquire by force of arms, win in war.

Conquerverb

To overcome an abstract obstacle.

Conquerverb

(dated) To gain, win, or obtain by effort.

Conquerverb

To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by force of arms; to cause to yield; to vanquish.

Conquerverb

To subdue or overcome by mental or moral power; to surmount; as, to conquer difficulties, temptation, etc.

Conquerverb

To gain or obtain, overcoming obstacles in the way; to win; as, to conquer freedom; to conquer a peace.

Conquerverb

To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail.

Conquerverb

to put down by force or authority;

Conquerverb

take possession of by force, as after an invasion;

Conquerverb

overcome by conquest;

Defeatverb

(transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.

Defeatverb

(transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.

Defeatverb

(transitive) To nullify

Defeatnoun

The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.

Defeatnoun

The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

Defeatnoun

Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (legal) nullification.

Defeatnoun

(obsolete) Destruction, ruin.

Defeatverb

To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

Defeatverb

To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.

Defeatverb

To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.

Defeatverb

To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.

Defeatnoun

An undoing or annulling; destruction.

Defeatnoun

Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.

Defeatnoun

An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; - opposed to victory.

Defeatnoun

an unsuccessful ending

Defeatnoun

the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

Defeatverb

win a victory over;

Defeatverb

thwart the passage of;

Defeatverb

win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat

Defeatverb

prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

Defeatverb

prevent (an aim) from being achieved

Defeatverb

reject or block (a motion or proposal)

Defeatverb

be impossible for (someone) to understand

Defeatverb

render null and void; annul.

Defeatnoun

an instance of defeating or being defeated