Win vs. Defeat

Winverb

To conquer, defeat.

Winverb

To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).

Winverb

(transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).

Winverb

(transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.

Winverb

(transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).

Winverb

(intransitive) To achieve victory.

Winverb

(transitive) To obtain (something desired).

Winverb

(transitive) To cause a victory for someone.

Winverb

To extract (ore, coal, etc.).

Winverb

To dry by exposure to the wind.

Winnoun

An individual victory.

Winnoun

(slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.

Winnoun

(obsolete) Gain; profit; income.

Winnoun

(obsolete) Wealth; goods owned.

Winnoun

(Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.

Winverb

To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country.

Winverb

To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.

Winverb

To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.

Winverb

To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.

Winverb

To extract, as ore or coal.

Winverb

To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.

Winnoun

a victory (as in a race or other competition);

Winnoun

something won (especially money)

Winverb

be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious;

Winverb

win something through one's efforts;

Winverb

obtain advantages, such as points, etc.;

Winverb

attain success or reach a desired goal;

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