Confronted vs Conquered - What's the difference?
confronted | conquered |
(confront)
To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.
To deal with.
To something bring face to face with.
To come up against; to encounter.
To engage in confrontation.
To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
(conquer)
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 confronted and conquered
is that confronted is past tense of confront while conquered is past tense of conquer.confronted
English
Verb
(head)confront
English
Verb
(en verb)- We should confront him about the missing money.
Derived terms
* confrontation * confrontational * confronter * confrontmentconquered
English
Verb
(head)conquer
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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.