Reduction vs Conquest - What's the difference?
reduction | conquest | Synonyms |
The act, process, or result of reducing.
The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
(chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
(cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
(mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
(computability theory) a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction.
(music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
(philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
(medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
(figuratively, by extenstion) An act or instance of an obstacle.
* Prescott
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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 reduction and conquest
is that reduction is the act, process, or result of reducing while conquest is victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.As a verb conquest is
to conquer.As a proper noun Conquest is
the personification of conquest, (also known as Pestilence), often depicted riding a white horse.reduction
English
Noun
(en noun)- A 5% reduction in robberies
Antonyms
* elevation * expansion * increase * promotion * (chemistry): oxidationAnagrams
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(wikipedia conquest)Noun
(en noun)- Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.
- Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
- (Blackstone)