finish vs defeat

defeat vs finish

finish and defeat both are nouns.

finish and defeat both are verbs.

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

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

finish: event whose occurrence ends something
defeat: an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

Other hyponyms of finish include end, last, final result, outcome, result, resultant, termination, foregone conclusion, matter of course, demolition, destruction, wipeout, omega, Z, halt, stop, triumph, victory, licking.

finish (noun)	defeat (noun)
the act of finishing	an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)	the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
event whose occurrence ends something
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
the temporal end; the concluding time

finish (verb)	defeat (verb)
finally be or do something	win a victory over
come or bring to a finish or an end	thwart the passage of
cause to finish a relationship with somebody
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
provide with a finish
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

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