different between vanquish vs vantage

English

Etymology

From Middle English venquysshen, vaynquisshen, borrowed from a conjugated form of Old French veincre, from Latin vinc?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?væ?kw??/

Verb

vanquish (third-person singular simple present vanquishes, present participle vanquishing, simple past and past participle vanquished)

1. To defeat, to overcome.
   • 1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to some Considerations, the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation

     This bold assertion has been so fully vanquish'd in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.

Related terms

• convince
• evince
• victor

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• vauntage (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English vantage, by apheresis from advantage; see advantage.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??nt?d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?vænt?d??/

Noun

vantage (countable and uncountable, plural vantages)

1. An advantage.
2. A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
3. A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
   • 1595, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of Richard the Second, Act V, scene iii:

     O happy vantage of a kneeling knee!

4. (dated, tennis) Alternative form of advantage (score after deuce)

Translations

Verb

vantage (third-person singular simple present vantages, present participle vantaging, simple past and past participle vantaged)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To profit; to aid.

Further reading

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