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Populate vs Prevail - What's the difference?

populate | prevail |

In lang=en terms the difference between populate and prevail

is that populate is to live in; to inhabit while prevail is to succeed in persuading]] or [[induce|inducing.

As verbs the difference between populate and prevail

is that populate is to supply with inhabitants; to people while prevail is to be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.

As an adjective populate

is (obsolete) populous.

populate

English

Verb

  • To supply with inhabitants; to people.
  • To live in; to inhabit.
  • To fill initially empty items in a collection.
  • John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) populous
  • (Francis Bacon)
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    prevail

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
  • Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
  • * , Exodus 17:11
  • And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed'; and when he let down his hand, Amalek ' prevailed .
  • To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
  • In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
  • To succeed in persuading]] or [[induce, inducing.
  • I prevailed on him to wait.

    Derived terms

    * cooler heads will prevail

    References

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