Subdue vs Eradicate - What's the difference?
subdue | eradicate |
To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 2
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Bulgaria 0-3 England
, work=BBC
To bring (a country) under control by force.
To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
To completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
As verbs the difference between subdue and eradicate
is that subdue is to overcome, quieten, or bring under control while eradicate is to pull up by the roots; to uproot.subdue
English
Verb
(subdu)citation, page= , passage=Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued .}}
Synonyms
*eradicate
English
Verb
(eradicat)- Small pox was globally eradicated in 1980