Victorious vs Triumphant - What's the difference?
victorious | triumphant |
Being the winner in a contest, struggle, war, etc.
* 2009 , ”:
Of or expressing a sense of victory or triumph.
Celebrating victory.
* {{quote-news, year=2014
, date=November 14
, author=Stephen Halliday
, title=Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero
, work=The Scotsman
As adjectives the difference between victorious and triumphant
is that victorious is being the winner in a contest, struggle, war, etc while triumphant is celebrating victory.victorious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- They will not force us, // They will stop degrading us, // They will not control us, // We will be victorious !
triumphant
English
(Webster 1913)Adjective
(en adjective)- a triumphant chariot
- So shall it be in the church triumphant .
- Athena, war's triumphant maid...
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