Concur vs Conquer - What's the difference?
concur | conquer |
To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.
(obsolete) To run together; to meet.
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 concur and conquer
is that concur is to unite or agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond while conquer is to defeat in combat; to subjugate.concur
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(concurr)Synonyms
* acquiesce * agreeAntonyms
* disagree * dissentReferences
* *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.
