Win vs. Achieve — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Win and Achieve
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Win
To achieve victory or finish first in a competition.
Achieve
Successfully bring about or reach (a desired objective or result) by effort, skill, or courage
People striving to achieve
The killings achieved nothing
He achieved his ambition to become a press photographer
Win
To achieve success in an effort or venture
Struggled to overcome the handicap and finally won.
Achieve
To gain with effort or despite difficulty; reach
Achieve fame as a singer.
Achieve a record speed.
Win
To achieve victory or finish first in
Won the race.
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Achieve
To succeed in accomplishing; bring about
Achieve a task.
Achieve an improvement in foreign relations.
Win
To receive as a prize or reward for performance
Won a gold medal.
Achieve
To accomplish something successfully; perform at a standard or above standard level
Skills needed to achieve in school.
Win
To achieve or obtain by effort
Win concessions in negotiations.
Achieve
(intransitive) To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.
Win
To gain (respect or love, for example) by effort
Won their loyalty.
Achieve
(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
You can achieve anything if you put your mind to it.
Hannah achieved her lifelong dream of winning a medal at the Olympics.
Win
To make (one's way) with effort.
Achieve
To conclude, finish, especially successfully.
Win
To reach with difficulty
The ship won a safe port.
Achieve
(transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
Win
To take in battle; capture
Won the heights after a fierce attack.
Achieve
To conclude, to turn out.
Win
To succeed in gaining the affection or loyalty of (someone)
He wooed and won her.
Achieve
To obtain (a material thing).
Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved.
Win
To succeed in gaining the favor or support of; prevail on
Her eloquence won over the audience.
Achieve
To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; - as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.
Supposing faculties and powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in any line by the aid of a capital, invigorating motive than without it.
Win
To discover and open (a vein or deposit) in mining.
Achieve
To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness.
Thou hast achieved our liberty.
Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved.
He hath achieved a maidThat paragons description.
Win
To extract from a mine or from mined ore.
Achieve
To finish; to kill.
Win
A victory, especially in a competition.
Achieve
To gain with effort;
She achieved her goal despite setbacks
Win
First place in a competition.
Win
An amount won or earned.
Win
To conquer, defeat.
Win
To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
Win
(transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
Win
(transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
To win the jackpot in a lottery;
To win a bottle of wine in a raffle
Win
(transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
Win
(intransitive) To achieve victory.
Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?
Win
(intransitive) To have power, coercion or control.
Ever since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Bostonians now run as "One Boston." The terrorists did not win.
Win
(transitive) To obtain (something desired).
The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.
Win
(transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
The success of the economic policies should win Mr. Smith the next elections.
The policy success should win the elections for Mr. Smith.
Win
To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
Win
To defeat or surpass someone or something.
Win
To dry by exposure to the wind.
Win
An individual victory.
Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
Win
(slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
Win
(obsolete) Gain; profit; income.
Win
(obsolete) Wealth; goods owned.
Win
(Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.
Win
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.
Thy well-breathed horseImpels the flying car, and wins the course.
Win
To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.
Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me.
She is a woman; therefore to be won.
Win
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.
Win
To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
Even in the porch he him did win.
And when the stony path began,By which the naked peak they wan,Up flew the snowy ptarmigan.
Win
To extract, as ore or coal.
Win
To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.
Nor is it aught but justThat he, who in debate of truth hath won,should win in arms.
Win
A victory (as in a race or other competition);
He was happy to get the win
Win
Something won (especially money)
Win
Be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious;
He won the Gold Medal in skating
Our home team won
Win the game
Win
Win something through one's efforts;
I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese
Gain an understanding of international finance
Win
Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.;
The home team was gaining ground
After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference
Win
Attain success or reach a desired goal;
The enterprise succeeded
We succeeded in getting tickets to the show
She struggled to overcome her handicap and won
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