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Set_aside vs Defeat - What's the difference?

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Set_aside is a related term of defeat.


As verbs the difference between set_aside and defeat

is that set_aside is (idiomatic) to separate and reserve something for a specific purpose while defeat is to overcome in battle or contest.

As a noun defeat is

the act of defeating or being defeated.

set_aside

English

Verb

  • (idiomatic) To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
    • Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.
  • (idiomatic) To leave out of account; to omit or neglect.
  • * Tillotson
    • Setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavour to know the truth, and yield to that.
  • (idiomatic) To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.
  • (idiomatic) To declare something invalid or null and void.

    • Antonyms

    * raise, beg (as in beg the question) (of a question)

    See also

    * set-aside

    Anagrams

    * * * English phrasal verbs

    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.}}