Contest vs Conquest - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between contest and conquest

is that contest is controversy; debate while conquest is victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.

As verbs the difference between contest and conquest

is that contest is to contend while conquest is to conquer.

As a proper noun Conquest is

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

contest

English

Noun

(uncountable) Controversy; debate.

no contest

(uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.

(countable) A competition.

The child entered the spelling contest .

Synonyms

* (controversy) controversy, debate, discussion * (combat) battle, combat, fight * (competition) competition, pageant

Derived terms

(Terms derived from the noun "contest") * contest shape * fashion contest * no contest * pissing contest * popularity contest * wet t-shirt contest * will contest

Verb

(en verb)

To contend.

I will contest for the open seat on the board.

* Alexander Pope

Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest ?

* Bishop Burnet

The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory.

To call into question; to oppose.

The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.

* J. D. Morell

Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequently repeated, few more contested than this.

To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.

The troops contested every inch of ground.

(legal) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.

Synonyms

* (contend) compete, contend, go in for * (oppose) call into question, oppose

Antonyms

* (oppose) support

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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