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Humbled vs Defeat - What's the difference?

humbled | defeat |

As verbs the difference between humbled and defeat

is that humbled is (humble) while defeat is to overcome in battle or contest.

As an adjective humbled

is feeling the positive effects of humility.

As a noun defeat is

the act of defeating or being defeated.

humbled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Feeling the positive effects of humility.
    • I felt so humbled to help out during the disaster relief appeal.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (humble)

    • defeat

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To overcome in battle or contest.
    • Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
  • To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
  • * Tillotson
    • He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.
  • * A. W. Ward
    • In one instance he defeated his own purpose.
  • To nullify
  • * Hallam
    • The escheators defeated the right heir of his succession.

    Synonyms

    (To overcome in contest) * beat * conquer * overthrow * rout * vanquish

    Related terms

    * defeasance * defeasible * defeater * defeatism * defeatist * defeature

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of defeating or being defeated.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 13 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Two defeats in five games coming into this contest, and a draw with Everton, ultimately cost Sir Alex Ferguson's side in what became the most extraordinary finale to the league championship since Arsenal beat Liverpool at Anfield in 1989.}}