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Conquer vs Quash - What's the difference?

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Conquer is a related term of quash.


As verbs the difference between conquer and quash

is that conquer is to defeat in combat; to subjugate while quash is to defeat forcibly.

conquer

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
  • * (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
    • We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms.
  • To overcome an abstract obstacle.
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
    • By winning words to conquer hearts, / And make persuasion do the work of fear.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.}}
  • To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
  • To acquire by force of arms, win in war.

    • Derived terms

    * conquerable * unconquerable * conqueror * conquest

    quash

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To defeat forcibly.
    • The army quashed the rebellion.
  • * Barrow
    • Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief.
  • * '>citation
  • To crush or dash to pieces.
  • * Waller
    • The whales / Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed , / Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed.
  • (legal) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).

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