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Conciliation vs Conquest - What's the difference?

conciliation | conquest |

As a noun conciliation

is the action of bringing peace and harmony; the action of ending strife.

As a proper noun conquest is

the personification of conquest, (also known as pestilence), often depicted riding a white horse.

conciliation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of bringing peace and harmony; the action of ending strife.
    • (wikipedia conciliation)
  • (legal) A form of alternative dispute resolution, similar but less formal than mediation, in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions, improve communications and explore possible solutions.

    • See also

    * reconciliation

    conquest

    English

    (wikipedia conquest)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
  • (figuratively, by extenstion) An act or instance of an obstacle.
  • * Prescott
    • Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.
  • *
  • That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
  • (feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
    • (Blackstone)
  • (colloquial, figurative) A person with whom one has had sex.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To conquer.
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