Aggression vs Conquest - What's the difference?
aggression | conquest |
The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
The practice or habit of launching attacks.
Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
(figuratively, by extenstion) An act or instance of an obstacle.
* Prescott
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That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
* Shakespeare
(feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
(colloquial, figurative) A person with whom one has had sex.
As a noun aggression
is aggression.As a proper noun conquest is
the personification of conquest, (also known as pestilence), often depicted riding a white horse.aggression
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Noun
(en noun)Antonyms
* nonaggressionDerived terms
* war of aggression * microaggressionExternal links
* (wikipedia) * * ----conquest
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(wikipedia conquest)Noun
(en noun)- Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.
- Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
- (Blackstone)