Cudgel vs Conquer - What's the difference?
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A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
* Bunyan
To strike with a cudgel.
* Shakespeare
To exercise (one's wits or brains).
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.
Cudgel is a related term of conquer.
As verbs the difference between cudgel and conquer
is that cudgel is to strike with a cudgel while conquer is to defeat in combat; to subjugate.As a noun cudgel
is a short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.cudgel
English
Noun
(en noun)- The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly and looked at the inmates. The threat to swing glinted in his eye.
- Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.
- He getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and falls to rating of them as if they were dogs.
Synonyms
* club * singlestickVerb
- The officer was violently cudgeled down in the midst of the rioters, with his own beatstick no less.
- I would cudgel him like a dog if he would say so.
Anagrams
*conquer
English
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.