Compromise vs. Sacrifice — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Compromise and Sacrifice
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Compromise
To compromise is to make a deal between different parties where each party gives up part of their demand. In arguments, compromise is a concept of finding agreement through communication, through a mutual acceptance of terms—often involving variations from an original goal or desires.
Sacrifice
Sacrifice is the offering of material possessions or the lives of animals or humans to a deity as an act of propitiation or worship. Evidence of ritual animal sacrifice has been seen at least since ancient Hebrew and Greeks, and possibly existed before that.
Compromise
An agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
Eventually they reached a compromise
The secret of a happy marriage is compromise
Sacrifice
The act of offering something to a deity in propitiation or homage, especially the ritual slaughter of an animal or a person.
Compromise
The expedient acceptance of standards that are lower than is desirable
Sexism should be tackled without compromise
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Sacrifice
A victim offered in this way.
Compromise
Settle a dispute by mutual concession
In the end we compromised and deferred the issue
Sacrifice
The act of giving up something highly valued for the sake of something else considered to have a greater value or claim
Social activism often involves tremendous sacrifice.
Compromise
Expediently accept standards that are lower than is desirable
We were not prepared to compromise on safety
Sacrifice
Something given up in this way.
Compromise
Bring into disrepute or danger by indiscreet, foolish, or reckless behaviour
Situations in which his troops could be compromised
Sacrifice
Relinquishment of something at less than its presumed value.
Compromise
A settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions.
Sacrifice
Something so relinquished.
Compromise
The result of such a settlement.
Sacrifice
A loss so sustained.
Compromise
Something that combines qualities or elements of different things
The incongruous design is a compromise between high tech and early American.
Sacrifice
(Baseball) A sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly.
Compromise
A weakening or reduction of one's principles or standards
A compromise of morality.
Sacrifice
To offer as a sacrifice to a deity.
Compromise
Impairment, as by disease or injury
Physiological compromise.
Sacrifice
To give up (one thing) for another thing considered to be of greater value.
Compromise
To arrive at a settlement by making concessions.
Sacrifice
To sell or give away at a loss.
Compromise
To reduce the quality, value, or degree of something, such as one's ideals.
Sacrifice
To kill (an animal) for purposes of scientific research or experimentation.
Compromise
To expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
A secret mission that was compromised and had to be abandoned.
Sacrifice
To offer a sacrifice
The Greek warriors sacrificed to their gods.
Compromise
To reduce in quality, value, or degree; weaken or lower
Don't compromise your standards.
Sacrifice
To make a sacrifice
Parents sacrificing for their children.
Compromise
To impair, as by disease or injury
An immune system that was compromised by a virus.
Sacrifice
(Baseball) To make a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly.
Compromise
To settle by mutual concessions
A dispute that was compromised.
Sacrifice
(ambitransitive) To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.
Compromise
The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
Sacrifice
(transitive) To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility of gaining something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss.
Compromise
A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
A compromise of character or right
Sacrifice
(transitive) To trade (a value of higher worth) for something of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more, such as an ally or business relationship, or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money.
Compromise
(computer security) A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.
Sacrifice
To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board.
Compromise
(ambitransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
Sacrifice
To advance (a runner on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out.
Compromise
To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
Sacrifice
To sell at a price less than the cost or actual value.
Compromise
(intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
Sacrifice
To destroy; to kill.
Compromise
To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
Sacrifice
(medicine) To kill a test animal for autopsy.
Compromise
(transitive) To cause impairment of.
Sacrifice
The offering of anything to a god; a consecratory rite.
Compromise
(transitive) To breach (a security system).
They tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password.
Sacrifice
The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; the devotion of something desirable to something higher, or to a calling deemed more pressing.
The sacrifice of one's spare time in order to volunteer
Compromise
A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.
Sacrifice
(baseball) A play in which the batter is intentionally out so that one or more runners can advance around the bases.
Compromise
A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement.
But basely yielded upon compromiseThat which his noble ancestors achieved with blows.
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions.
Sacrifice
Something sacrificed.
Compromise
A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.
I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them.
Sacrifice
A loss of profit.
Compromise
To bind by mutual agreement; to agree.
Laban and himself were compromisedThat all the eanlings which were streaked and piedShould fall as Jacob's hire.
Sacrifice
A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
Compromise
To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
The controversy may easily be compromised.
Sacrifice
The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.
Great pomp, and sacrifice, and praises loud,To Dagon.
Compromise
To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances.
Sacrifice
Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation.
Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with bloodOf human sacrifice.
My life, if thou preserv'st my life,Thy sacrifice shall be.
Compromise
To agree; to accord.
Sacrifice
Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest.
Compromise
To make concession for conciliation and peace.
Sacrifice
A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
Compromise
A middle way between two extremes
Sacrifice
To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep.
Oft sacrificing bullock, lamb, or kid.
Compromise
An accommodation in which both sides make concessions;
The newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'
Sacrifice
Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering.
Condemned to sacrifice his childish yearsTo babbling ignorance, and to empty fears.
The Baronet had sacrificed a large sum . . . for the sake of . . . making this boy his heir.
Compromise
Make a compromise; arrive at a compromise;
Nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise
Sacrifice
To destroy; to kill.
Compromise
Settle by concession
Sacrifice
To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
Compromise
Expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute;
The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy
Sacrifice
To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice.
O teacher, some great mischief hath befallenTo that meek man, who well had sacrificed.
Sacrifice
The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
Sacrifice
Personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
Sacrifice
A loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value;
He had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice
Sacrifice
The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
Sacrifice
(sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners
Sacrifice
Endure the loss of;
He gave his life for his children
I gave two sons to the war
Sacrifice
Kill or destroy;
The animals were sacrificed after the experiment
The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment
Sacrifice
Sell at a loss
Sacrifice
Make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
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