Journey vs Conquest - What's the difference?
journey | conquest |
A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
*{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=
, volume=100, issue=2, page=171, magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= (label) A day.
(label) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
(label) A day's work.
*:
*:But whan ye haue done that Iourney ye shal promyse me as ye are a true knyght for to go with me and to helpe me / and other damoysels that are distressid dayly with a fals knyghte / All your entente damoysel and desyre I wylle fulfylle / soo ye wyl brynge me vnto this knyghte
Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
(figuratively, by extenstion) An act or instance of an obstacle.
* Prescott
*
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 journey and conquest
is that journey is a set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage while conquest is victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.As verbs the difference between journey and conquest
is that journey is to travel, to make a trip or voyage while conquest is to conquer.As a proper noun Conquest is
the personification of conquest, (also known as Pestilence), often depicted riding a white horse.journey
English
(wikipedia journey)Noun
(en noun)Well-connected Brains, passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
Hyponyms
* See alsoSynonyms
* (l)External links
* * *conquest
English
(wikipedia conquest)Noun
(en noun)- Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.
- Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
- (Blackstone)