In obsolete terms the difference between ambition and vice
is that
ambition is the act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing while
vice is a grip or grasp.
As nouns the difference between ambition and vice
is that
ambition is eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people while
vice is a bad habit.
As verbs the difference between ambition and vice
is that
ambition is to seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet while
vice is to hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
As an adjective vice is
in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank.
As a preposition vice is
instead of, in place of.