victory vs defeat
Definitions
noun
- a successful ending of a struggle or contest
Examples
A few uncounted votes or a few thousand voters turned away can be the difference between a national victory or not.
However, on the day, they showed such determination and resolution that nothing could stand between them and victory.
Having savored victory, the ruffians moved on to attack the homes of well-known abolitionists in the neighborhood.
Definitions
noun
- the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
- an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
verb
- thwart the passage of
- win a victory over
Examples
For centuries, scholars have squabbled over the design of the ship, which was crucial to defeating the Persians in the Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C., part of a wider war that included the fight at Thermopylae dramatized in the film "300.
according to the Old Testament, Elijah defeated the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel
No one can degrade us except ourselves; that if we are worthy, no influence can defeat us.
