Invasion vs Conquest - What's the difference?
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A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.
The entry without consent of an individual or group into an area where they are not wanted.
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.
As nouns the difference between invasion and conquest
is that invasion is a military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government while conquest is victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.As a verb conquest is
to conquer.As a proper noun Conquest is
the personification of conquest, (also known as Pestilence), often depicted riding a white horse.invasion
English
(wikipedia invasion)Noun
(en noun)- an invasion of mobile phones
- an invasion of bees
- an invasion of foreign tourists
Derived terms
* British Invasion * invasion of privacy * invasion stripes * pitch invasionconquest
English
(wikipedia conquest)Noun
(en noun)- Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.
- Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
- (Blackstone)