Score vs. Win — What's the Difference?

A usually numerical record of a competitive event

To achieve victory or finish first in a competition.

The total number of points made by each competitor or side in a contest, either final or at a given stage

To achieve success in an effort or venture

The number of points attributed to a competitor or team.

To achieve victory or finish first in

A result, usually expressed numerically, of a test or examination.

To receive as a prize or reward for performance

An amount due; a debt.

To achieve or obtain by effort

A grievance that is harbored and requires satisfaction

To gain (respect or love, for example) by effort

A ground; a reason

To make (one's way) with effort.

A group of 20 items.

To reach with difficulty

Scores Large numbers

To take in battle; capture

The notation of a musical work.

To succeed in gaining the affection or loyalty of (someone)

The written form of a composition for orchestral or vocal parts.

To succeed in gaining the favor or support of; prevail on

The music written for a film or a play.

To discover and open (a vein or deposit) in mining.

The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain

To extract from a mine or from mined ore.

The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs.

A victory, especially in a competition.

A successful robbery.

First place in a competition.

An instance of having sexual intercourse with a desired partner.

An amount won or earned.

A notch or incision, especially one that is made to keep a tally.

To conquer, defeat.

To achieve or accomplish

To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).

To achieve or gain in a game or contest

(transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).

To count or be worth as points

(transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.

To keep a written record of the score or events of (a game or contest).

(transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).

(Baseball) To cause (a base runner) to cross home plate, especially by getting a hit

(intransitive) To achieve victory.

To evaluate and assign a grade to

(intransitive) To have power, coercion or control.

To orchestrate (a piece of music).

(transitive) To obtain (something desired).

To arrange for a specific instrument.

(transitive) To cause a victory for someone.

To criticize cuttingly; berate.

To extract (ore, coal, etc.).

To succeed in acquiring

To defeat or surpass someone or something.

To succeed in obtaining (an illicit drug)

To dry by exposure to the wind.

To mark (a piece of paper or wood, for example) with lines or notches, especially for the purpose of keeping a record.

An individual victory.

To cancel or eliminate by superimposing lines.

(slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.

To mark the surface of (meat, for example) with usually parallel cuts.

(obsolete) Gain; profit; income.

To make a point or points in a game or contest.

(obsolete) Wealth; goods owned.

To record the score or progress of a game or contest.

(Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.

To achieve a purpose or advantage, especially to make a surprising gain or coup

To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country.

To succeed in having sexual relations with a desired partner.

To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.

To succeed in buying or obtaining an illicit drug.

To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.

The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.

To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.

The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

To extract, as ore or coal.

The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.

To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.

Twenty, 20.

A victory (as in a race or other competition);

(gambling) An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.

Something won (especially money)

A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.

Be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious;

A weight of twenty pounds.

Win something through one's efforts;

(music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.

Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.;

(music) The music of a movie or play.

Attain success or reach a desired goal;

Subject.

Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.

A criminal act, especially:

A robbery.

A bribe paid to a police officer.

An illegal sale, especially of drugs.

A prostitute's client.

A sexual conquest.

In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.

(transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.

(intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.

(ambitransitive) To obtain something desired.

To earn points in a game.

To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.

(gambling) To win money by gambling.

(slang) To acquire or gain.

To extract a bribe.

To obtain a sexual favor.

(transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.

Acknowledgement of success

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.

Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.

The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.

A distance of twenty yards; - a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.

A weight of twenty pounds.

The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.

A line drawn; a groove or furrow.

The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; - so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts.

The grade received on an examination, such as those given in school or as a qualifying examination for a job or admission to school; - it may be expressed as a percentage of answers which are correct, or as a number or letter; as, a score of 98 in a civil service exam.

To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.

Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.

To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.

To engrave, as upon a shield.

To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.

To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.

To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer.

To make or count a point or points, as in a game; to tally.

To run up a score, or account of dues.

To succeed in finding a partner for sexual intercourse; to make a sexual conquest.

To purchase drugs illegally.

A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance);

A written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages;

A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest;

A set of twenty members;

Grounds;

The facts about an actual situation;

An amount due (as at a restaurant or bar);

A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation;

The act of scoring in a game or sport;

A seduction culminating in sexual intercourse;

Gain points in a game;

Make small marks into the surface of;

Make underscoring marks

Write a musical score for

Induce to have sex;

Get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance;

Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation;