defeat vs crush

crush vs defeat

defeat and crush both are nouns.

defeat and crush both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defeat	Yes	No	Yes	No
crush	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, crush is a hyponym of defeat; that is, crush is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than defeat:

defeat: win a victory over
crush: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Other hyponyms of defeat include demolish, destroy, beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish, wallop, down, overrun, lurch, skunk, expel, rout, rout out, upset, nose, conquer, come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive.

defeat (noun)	crush (noun)
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest	the act of crushing
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals	temporary love of an adolescent
	a dense crowd of people
	leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

defeat (verb)	crush (verb)
win a victory over	break into small pieces
thwart the passage of	become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
	come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
	make ineffective
	to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
	crush or bruise
	humiliate or depress completely
	come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

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