Capitulate vs Conquer - What's the difference?
capitulate | conquer |
(obsolete) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.
(obsolete) To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.
* Heylin
To surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.
* Macaulay
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
To overcome an abstract obstacle.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
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To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
To acquire by force of arms, win in war.
As verbs the difference between capitulate and conquer
is that capitulate is to draw up in chapters; to enumerate while conquer is to defeat in combat; to subjugate.capitulate
English
Verb
(capitulat)- there capitulates with the king to take to wife his daughter Mary
- He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.
- The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated .
Synonyms
* wave the white flagconquer
English
Verb
(en verb)- We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms.
- By winning words to conquer hearts, / And make persuasion do the work of fear.