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Lesion vs Defeat - What's the difference?

lesion | defeat |

In transitive terms the difference between lesion and defeat

is that lesion is to wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure while defeat is to reduce, to nothing, the strength of.

lesion

English

(wikipedia lesion)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A wound or injury.
  • (medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such patch of skin.

    • Related terms

    * lese majesty,

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    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.}}