Prevalent vs Prevail - What's the difference?
prevalent | prevail | Related terms |
Widespread or preferred.
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Superior in frequency or dominant.
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, title= 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.
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To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
To succeed in persuading]] or [[induce, inducing.
Prevail is a related term of prevalent.
As an adjective prevalent
is widespread or preferred.As a verb 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.prevalent
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
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Synonyms
* (l)See also
* prevalently * prevalenceReferences
*prevail
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Verb
(en verb)- Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
- And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed'; and when he let down his hand, Amalek ' prevailed .
- In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
- I prevailed on him to wait.
