Capitulate vs. Concede — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Capitulate and Concede
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Capitulate
To surrender under specified conditions
The garrison capitulated after the bombardment.
Concede
Admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it
I had to concede that I'd overreacted
‘All right then,’ she conceded
Capitulate
To give up all resistance; acquiesce
Capitulate to the pressure of public opinion.
Concede
Surrender or yield (a possession, right, or privilege)
In 475 the emperor conceded the Auvergne to Euric
Capitulate
(intransitive) To surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.
He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.
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Concede
To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit
Conceded that we made a mistake.
Capitulate
To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.
Concede
To acknowledge or admit (defeat).
Capitulate
To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.
Concede
To acknowledge defeat in
Concede an election.
Concede a chess match.
Capitulate
To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree.
There capitulates with the king . . . to take to wife his daughter Mary.
There is no reason why the reducing of any agreement to certain heads or capitula should not be called to capitulate.
Concede
To yield or surrender (something owned or disputed, such as land)
Conceded the region when signing the treaty.
Capitulate
To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.
The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated.
Concede
To yield or grant (a privilege or right, for example).
Capitulate
To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions.
Concede
(Sports) To allow (a goal or point, for example) to be scored by the opposing team or player.
Capitulate
Surrender under agreed conditions
Concede
To make a concession or acknowledge defeat; yield
The losing candidate conceded after the polls had closed.
Concede
To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
I have to concede the argument.
He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.
Concede
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
Concede
To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge.
Concede
To yield or make concession.
Concede
(sports) To have a goal or point scored against
Concede
(cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
Concede
To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.
Concede
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
Concede
To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms.
Concede
To yield or make concession.
I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet.
Concede
Admit, make a clean breast of;
She confessed that she had taken the money
Concede
Be willing to concede;
I grant you this much
Concede
Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
Concede
Acknowledge defeat;
The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose
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