Conquest vs. Quest — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Conquest and Quest
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Conquest
Conquest is the act of military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms. Military history provides many examples of conquest: the Roman conquest of Gaul, the Mauryan conquest of Afghanistan and of vast areas of the Indian subcontinent, the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire and various Arab conquests, all of which were successful in bringing foreign states under the conquerors' control.
Quest
A quest is a journey toward a specific mission or a goal. The word serves as a plot device in mythology and fiction: a difficult journey towards a goal, often symbolic or allegorical.
Conquest
The act or process of conquering
The Spanish conquest of Mexico.
The conquest of an infectious disease.
The conquest of shyness.
Quest
The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.
Conquest
Something, such as territory, acquired by conquering.
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Quest
An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat
The quest for the Holy Grail.
Conquest
A person or group whose affection or admiration has been gained
The pianist made a conquest of every audience on the tour.
Quest
An inquest.
Conquest
A person who has been seduced by another.
Quest
A jury appointed to take part in an inquest.
Conquest
Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
Quest
To search for something
Quested for knowledge.
Conquest
An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
Quest
To go on a quest.
Conquest
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
Quest
To search for game or bay when sighting game, as a hound.
Conquest
The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
Quest
A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
Conquest
A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
Quest
The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
To rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.
Conquest
(video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
Quest
(obsolete) Request; desire; solicitation.
Conquest
(archaic) To conquer.
Quest
(obsolete) A group of people making search or inquiry.
Conquest
(marketing) To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.
Quest
(obsolete) Inquest; jury of inquest.
Conquest
The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.
In joys of conquest he resigns his breath.
Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.
Quest
(education) A short test.
Conquest
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
Quest
(intransitive) To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
Conquest
The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
Quest
(transitive) To search for something; to seek.
Conquest
The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.
Quest
To locate and attach to a host animal.
Conquest
The act of conquering
Quest
The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.
Upon an hard adventure yet in quest.
Cease your quest of love.
There ended was his quest, there ceased his care.
Conquest
Success in mastering something difficult;
The conquest of space
Quest
Request; desire; solicitation.
Gad not abroad at every quest and callOf an untrained hope or passion.
Conquest
An act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
Quest
Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.
Quest
Inquest; jury of inquest.
What lawful quest have given their verdict ?
Quest
To search for; to examine.
Quest
To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat.
Quest
A search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria;
The pursuit of love
Life is more than the pursuance of fame
A quest for wealth
Quest
The act of searching for something;
A quest for diamonds
Quest
Make a search (for);
Things that die with their eyes open and questing
The animal came questing through the forest
Quest
Search the trail of (game);
The dog went off and quested
Quest
Bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
Quest
Seek alms, as for religious purposes
Quest
Express the need or desire for; ask for;
She requested an extra bed in her room
She called for room service
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