Conquer vs. Defeat — What's the Difference?

To gain control of or subdue by military force

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

To defeat in war

An instance of defeating or being defeated

To eliminate or minimize (a difficulty, for example)

To do better than (another) in a competition or battle; win victory over; beat

To overcome or surmount mentally or emotionally

To prevent the success of; thwart

To reach the summit of (a mountain) by climbing.

To frustrate the enforcement of (a motion, for example).

To gain the affection or admiration of

To make (an estate, for example) void; annul.

To seduce.

To dishearten or dispirit

To be victorious; win.

To be beyond the comprehension of; mystify

To defeat in combat; to subjugate.

The act of defeating an opponent

To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.

The state of being defeated; failure to win

To overcome an abstract obstacle.

A coming to naught; frustration

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

The act of overcoming or frustrating the enforcement of.

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.

(Law) The act of making null and void.

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

(transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.

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

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

To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail.

(transitive) To nullify

To put down by force or authority;

To prevent (something) from being achieved.

Take possession of by force, as after an invasion;

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

Overcome by conquest;

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

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

(obsolete) Destruction, ruin.

To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

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

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

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

An undoing or annulling; destruction.

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

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

An unsuccessful ending

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

Win a victory over;

Thwart the passage of;