Jackpot vs Win - What's the difference?
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A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
* 2000 , Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, Choices, values, and frames ,
A large cash prize or money.
An unexpected windfall or reward.
To conquer, defeat.
*1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book IV:
*:For and we doo bataille we two wyl fyghte with one kny?t at ones / and therfore yf ye wille fyghte soo we wille be redy at what houre ye wille assigne / And yf ye wynne vs in bataille the lady shal haue her landes ageyne / ye say wel sayd sir Vwayne / therfor make yow redy so that ye be here to morne in the defence of the ladyes ryght
*1998 , Rhapsody, Emerald Sword
*:For the glory, the power to win the Black Lord, I will search for the Emerald Sword.
(label) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
(label) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
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(label) To obtain (someone) by wooing.
*Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
*:Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:She is a woman; therefore to be won .
(label) To achieve victory.
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(label) To obtain (something desired).
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(label) To cause a victory for someone.
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To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:Even in the porch he him did win .
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:And when the stony path began, / By which the naked peak they won , / Up flew the snowy ptarmigan.
To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
:(Raymond)
gain; profit; income
wealth; owndom; goods
an individual victory (opposite of a loss)
* {{quote-news
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(slang) a feat, an (extraordinary) achievement (opposite of a fail)
As nouns the difference between jackpot and win
is that jackpot is a money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won or jackpot can be a difficult situation while win is pleasure; joy; delight or win can be gain; profit; income.As a verb win is
to conquer, defeat.jackpot
English
Etymology 1
Attested as + pot.Noun
(en noun)- If no player picks all six numbers correctly, the jackpot' is rolled over and added to the next week's '''jackpot'''; several weeks of rollovers can build up ' jackpots up to $350 million or more.
Usage notes
* By metonymy, jackpot is also the word for several types of poker which feature jackpots (prize pools which accumulate until won). ** 1920 , , **: ... they played red-dog and twenty-one and jackpot from dinner to dawn, and on the occasion of one man's birthday persuaded him to buy sufficient champagne for a hilarious celebration.Derived terms
* hit the jackpotEtymology 2
. Criminal slang usage as "trouble, especially an arrest" attested 1902.Alternative forms
* (l)References
* ----win
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).Verb
Derived terms
* play to win * win friends * win upEtymology 3
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
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