Pommel vs Vanquish - What's the difference?
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The upper front brow of a saddle.
Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.
The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword.
A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
To pound or beat.
* 1851 ,
To defeat, to overcome.
* Clarendon
* Atterbury
Pommel is a related term of vanquish.
As verbs the difference between pommel and vanquish
is that pommel is to pound or beat while vanquish is to defeat, to overcome.As a noun pommel
is the upper front brow of a saddle.pommel
English
Alternative forms
* pummelNoun
(en noun)- (Macaulay)
Derived terms
* pommel horseHolonyms
* haft, hiltSee also
*Verb
- I will not say as schoolboys do to bullies—Take some one of your own size; don’t pommel me! No, ye’ve knocked me down, and I am up again; but ye have run and hidden.
vanquish
English
Verb
(es)- They vanquished the rebels in all encounters.
- This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.