Conquest vs Pestilence - What's the difference?
conquest | pestilence |
Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
(figuratively, by extenstion) An act or instance of an obstacle.
* Prescott
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That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
* Shakespeare
(feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
(colloquial, figurative) A person with whom one has had sex.
Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
* 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart,
Pestilence is a synonym of conquest.
As nouns the difference between conquest and pestilence
is that conquest is victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy while pestilence is any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.As proper nouns the difference between conquest and pestilence
is that conquest is the personification of conquest, (also known as Pestilence), often depicted riding a white horse while Pestilence is the personification of pestilence, often depicted riding a white horse.As a verb conquest
is to conquer.conquest
English
(wikipedia conquest)Noun
(en noun)- Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.
- Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
- (Blackstone)
pestilence
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Noun
(en noun)- The snowshoe-rabbits build up through the years until they reach a climax when they seem to be everywhere; then with dramatic suddenness their pestilence falls upon them.
