Pestilence vs. Conquest — What's the Difference?

A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.

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.

A pernicious, evil influence or agent.

The act or process of conquering

Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.

Something, such as territory, acquired by conquering.

(archaic) Anything harmful to morals or public order.

A person or group whose affection or admiration has been gained

Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.

A person who has been seduced by another.

Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers.

Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.

Any epidemic disease with a high death rate

An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.

A pernicious evil influence

That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.

The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.

(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.

(archaic) To conquer.

(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.

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.

That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.

The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.

The act of conquering

Success in mastering something difficult;

An act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone