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Capitulation vs Succumb - What's the difference?

capitulation | succumb |


As a noun capitulation

is a reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

As a verb succumb is

(lb) to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.

Succumb vs Suffer - What's the difference?

succumb | suffer |


As verbs the difference between succumb and suffer

is that succumb is (lb) to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire while suffer is to undergo hardship.

Suppress vs Succumb - What's the difference?

suppress | succumb |


As verbs the difference between suppress and succumb

is that suppress is to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue while succumb is (lb) to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.

Succumb vs Subject - What's the difference?

succumb | subject |


As verbs the difference between succumb and subject

is that succumb is to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire while subject is to cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.

As an adjective subject is

likely to be affected by or to experience something.

As a noun subject is

in a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.

Spoil vs Succumb - What's the difference?

spoil | succumb |


In intransitive terms the difference between spoil and succumb

is that spoil is of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay while succumb is to die.

As verbs the difference between spoil and succumb

is that spoil is to strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour while succumb is to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.

As a noun spoil

is (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.

Succumb vs Surround - What's the difference?

succumb | surround |


As verbs the difference between succumb and surround

is that succumb is (lb) to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire while surround is (label) to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.

As a noun surround is

(british) anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.

Regress vs Succumb - What's the difference?

regress | succumb |


As verbs the difference between regress and succumb

is that regress is to move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve while succumb is (lb) to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.

As a noun regress

is the act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.

Succumb vs Defy - What's the difference?

succumb | defy |


As verbs the difference between succumb and defy

is that succumb is to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire while defy is to renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.

As a noun defy is

a challenge.

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