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Breakthrough vs Atchievement - What's the difference?

breakthrough | atchievement |

As nouns the difference between breakthrough and atchievement

is that breakthrough is (military) an advance through and past enemy lines while atchievement is (heraldry) the coat of arms fully emblazoned according to the rules of heraldry.

As an adjective breakthrough

is characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.

breakthrough

English

Alternative forms

* breakthru

Adjective

(-)
  • Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
    • a breakthrough technological advance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
  • Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
    • .
  • (sports) The penetration of the opposition defence
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 29 , author=Jon Smith , title=Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But with the lively Dos Santos pulling the strings behind strikers Pavlyuchenko and Defoe, Spurs controlled the first half without finding the breakthrough their dominance deserved.}}

    Derived terms

    * breakthrough pain

    atchievement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (heraldry) The coat of arms fully emblazoned according to the rules of heraldry.
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 64:
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    See also

    * hatchment

    References

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