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spread-eagle vs vanquish

vanquish vs spread-eagle

spread-eagle is an adjective but vanquish is not an adjective.

spread-eagle and vanquish both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
spread-eagle No Yes Yes No
vanquish No No Yes No
As verbs, vanquish is a hypernym of spread-eagle; that is, vanquish is a word with a broader meaning than spread-eagle:
  • spread-eagle: defeat disastrously
  • vanquish: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Other hypernyms of spread-eagle include beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce.
spread-eagle (adjective) vanquish (adjective)
with arms and legs stretched out and apart
spread-eagle (verb) vanquish (verb)
stretch out completely come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
defeat disastrously
stand with arms and legs spread out
execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out
stretch over
Difference between spread-eagle and vanquish

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