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Vanquish vs Inundate - What's the difference?

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Vanquish is a related term of inundate.


As verbs the difference between vanquish and inundate

is that vanquish is to defeat, to overcome while inundate is to cover with large amounts of water; to flood.

vanquish

English

Verb

(es)
  • To defeat, to overcome.
  • * Clarendon
    • They vanquished the rebels in all encounters.
  • * Atterbury
    • This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.

    inundate

    English

    Verb

    (inundat)
  • To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.
    • The Dutch would sometimes inundate the land to hinder the Spanish army.
  • To overwhelm.
    • The agency was inundated with phone calls.

    Synonyms

    * (to cover with water) deluge, flood, beflood * (to overwhelm) deluge, flood, beflood

    Related terms

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