Conquest vs Annexation - What's the difference?
conquest | annexation |
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.
Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
(legal) A legal merging of a territory into another body.
As a proper noun conquest
is the personification of conquest, (also known as pestilence), often depicted riding a white horse.As a noun annexation is
addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.conquest
English
(wikipedia conquest)Noun
(en noun)- Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.
- Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
- (Blackstone)