different between dominion vs advantage

English

Etymology

From Middle English dominion, from Middle French dominion, from Medieval Latin dominio, equiv. to Latin dominium (“lordship, right of ownership”), from dominus (“lord”), from domus (“house”). See demain, demesne, domain, dominium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??m?nj?n/, /do??m?nj?n/
• Rhymes: -?nj?n
• Hyphenation: do?min?ion

Noun

dominion (countable and uncountable, plural dominions)

1. Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
   • 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides Translated into English

     To choose between dominion or slavery.
2. predominance; ascendancy
   • 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy

     Objects placed foremost ought […] have dominion over things which are confus'd and transient.

3. (sometimes figuratively) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
4. (taxonomy) kingdom
5. (biblical tradition) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.

   Synonym: domination

Related terms

• dominate
• domination
• dominator
• domineering
• domino
• subdominion

Translations

Further reading

• dominion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• dominion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Finnish

Noun

dominion

1. Genitive singular form of dominio.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.mi.nj??/

Noun

dominion m (plural dominions)

1. dominion

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English dominion, from Latin dominium

Noun

dominion m (definite singular dominionen, indefinite plural dominioner or dominions, definite plural dominionene)

1. a dominion

Usage notes

The use of dominions as indefinite plural may be from Danish via Riksmål.

References

• “dominion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “dominion” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English dominion, from Latin dominium

Noun

dominion m (definite singular dominionen, indefinite plural dominionar, definite plural dominionane)

1. a dominion

References

• “dominion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French dominion

Noun

dominion n (plural dominioane)

1. dominion

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• advauntage (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Medieval Latin abante. The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?v??n.t?d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?væn.(t)?d?/

Noun

advantage (countable and uncountable, plural advantages)

1. (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.
2. (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
3. (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit

4. (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
5. (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
6. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).

Synonyms

• foredeal, benefit, value, edge
• vantage

Antonyms

• disadvantage, drawback

Derived terms