Subdue vs. Subjugate — What's the Difference?

To subjugate (a region or people, for example) by military force.

To bring under control, especially by military force; conquer.

To bring under control by physical force, persuasion, or other means; overcome

To make subordinate or subject to the dominion of something else

To make less intense or prominent; reduce or tone down

(transitive) To forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon.

To bring (land) under cultivation

In a subjugated position.

To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.

To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish.

To bring (a country) under control by force.

Put down by force or intimidation;

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

Make subservient; force to submit or subdue

To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.

To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever.

To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions.

To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties.

To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears.

To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.

To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.

Put down by force or intimidation;

To put down by force or authority;

Hold within limits and control;

Get on top of; deal with successfully;

Make subordinate, dependent, or subservient;

Correct by punishment or discipline