different between confute vs conquer

English

Etymology

From Middle French confuter, from Latin conf?t?re.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?nfju?t/

Verb

confute (third-person singular simple present confutes, present participle confuting, simple past and past participle confuted)

1. (transitive, now rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.

Derived terms

• confutable
• inconfutable

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English

Alternative forms

• conquire (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English conqueren, from Old French conquerre, from Late Latin conquaerere (“to knock, strike; to search for, procure”), from Latin con- + quaerere (“to seek, acquire”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??k?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??k?/
• Hyphenation: con?quer
• Rhymes: -??k?(?)
• Homophone: conker

Verb

conquer (third-person singular simple present conquers, present participle conquering, simple past and past participle conquered)

1. To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
2. To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.
   • 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitation of Horace, Book II. Sat. 6

     We conquer'd France, but felt our captive's charms.
3. To overcome an abstract obstacle.
4. (dated) To gain, win, or obtain by effort.

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