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Invaded vs Conquering - What's the difference?

invaded | conquering |

As verbs the difference between invaded and conquering

is that invaded is (invade) while conquering is .

As a noun conquering is

conquest.

invaded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (invade)

    • invade

    English

    Verb

    (invad)
  • To move into.
    • Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
  • * Spenser
    • Which becomes a body, and doth then invade / The state of life, out of the grisly shade.
  • To enter by force in order to conquer.
    • Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • To infest or overrun.
    • The picnic was invaded by ants.
  • To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
    • The king invaded the rights of the people.

    Related terms

    * invader * invasion * invasive

    conquering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • conquest
  • * (Sir Philip Sidney)
    • So Stella's heart, finding what power Love brings, / To keep itself in life and liberty, / Doth willing grant, that in the frontiers he / Use all to help his other conquerings