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Victory vs Breakthrough - What's the difference?

victory | breakthrough |

As nouns the difference between victory and breakthrough

is that victory is an instance of having won a competition or battle while breakthrough is an advance through and past enemy lines.

As a verb victory

is to achieve a victory.

As an adjective breakthrough is

characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.

victory

English

Noun

(victories)
  • An instance of having won a competition or battle.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England will not be catapulted among the favourites for Euro 2012 as a result of this win, but no victory against Spain is earned easily and it is right they take great heart from their efforts as they now prepare to play Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday.}}
  • A winged figure representing victory, common in Roman official iconography. See .

    • Antonyms

    * defeat * loss

    Derived terms

    * hollow victory * Pyrrhic victory * victory at sea

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (rare) To achieve a

    • breakthrough

    English

    Alternative forms

    * breakthru

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
    • a breakthrough technological advance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
  • Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
    • .
  • (sports) The penetration of the opposition defence
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 29 , author=Jon Smith , title=Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But with the lively Dos Santos pulling the strings behind strikers Pavlyuchenko and Defoe, Spurs controlled the first half without finding the breakthrough their dominance deserved.}}

    Derived terms

    * breakthrough pain