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Conquest vs. Quest — What's the Difference?

Conquest vs. Quest — What's the Difference?

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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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