Concede vs. Conceited — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Concede and Conceited
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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
Conceited
Excessively proud of oneself; vain
Fred's so conceited he'd never believe anyone would refuse him
Concede
Surrender or yield (a possession, right, or privilege)
In 475 the emperor conceded the Auvergne to Euric
Conceited
Holding or characterized by an unduly high opinion of oneself; vain.
Concede
To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit
Conceded that we made a mistake.
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Conceited
Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
Concede
To acknowledge or admit (defeat).
Conceited
Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
Concede
To acknowledge defeat in
Concede an election.
Concede a chess match.
Conceited
(obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
Concede
To yield or surrender (something owned or disputed, such as land)
Conceded the region when signing the treaty.
Conceited
(obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
Concede
To yield or grant (a privilege or right, for example).
Conceited
Simple past tense and past participle of conceit
Concede
(Sports) To allow (a goal or point, for example) to be scored by the opposing team or player.
Conceited
Endowed with fancy or imagination.
He was . . . pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.
Concede
To make a concession or acknowledge defeat; yield
The losing candidate conceded after the polls had closed.
Conceited
Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.
If you think me too conceitedOr to passion quickly heated.
Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness.
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.
Conceited
Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
A conceited chair to sleep in.
Concede
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
Conceited
Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance;
A conceited fool
An attitude of self-conceited arrogance
An egotistical disregard of others
So swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty
Growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary
Vain about her clothes
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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