What's the difference between conqueror and winner?

Conqueror


Definition:

  • (n.) One who conquers.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This paper will give evidence of the exact wounds that Pizarro received in his final sword fight, as well as a facial sculpture of the skull now identified as that of the conqueror of Peru.
  • (2) Manchester United’s conquerors, MK Dons, were handed a favourable draw in the third round of the Capital One Cup with a home tie against a fellow League One side, Bradford City.
  • (3) Westminster Abbey has witnessed 38 coronations since William the Conqueror was crowned King of England on Christmas Day 1066.
  • (4) Superstars where they attended college, hopefuls suddenly find themselves in unusual situations – as lambs in the middle of an Indianapolis field, being poked, prodded, measured and assessed; then as masters and conquerors, listening to famous GMs and coaches playing salesmen and extolling the virtues of their organisation.
  • (5) However, the Mexican population is mainly composed of Mestizos (95%), who have a triracial admixture of Caucasian genes coming from the Spanish conquerors, black genes from the African slaves brought by the Spaniards to America, and an Oriental gene-pool derived from the natives.
  • (6) In the wacky parallel universe where this suit succeeds and sets a precedent, lots of countries could have a case for "unrealistic portrayal": Mongolia National pride offended by perhaps the worst casting decision of all time, when John Wayne played Genghis Khan in The Conqueror .
  • (7) Any comparison with Ireland rouses alarm in Scotland, so here come the disclaimers: Scotland was never a colony settled by foreign conquerors; England did not control Scotland by fire and slaughter; Scotland has no Fenian tradition of conspiracy in the cause of independence; and, best of all, Scotland has no political Ulster.
  • (8) He is guarded when I ask him whether his conqueror has been a good prime minister.
  • (9) Adam Lallana inspired Liverpool to a Premier League double over their Wembley conquerors and, somewhere in Leicester, Claudio Ranieri had another reason to toast his point against West Bromwich Albion 24 hours earlier.
  • (10) It’s interesting that one of baseball’s chief powers are showing sensitivities about this current Pirates phenomenon - isn’t it the way of the world that the conquerors are usually far less concerned with the conquered?
  • (11) Hans-Joachim Watzke, the chief executive of Borussia Dortmund, City's conquerors in the Champions League group and finalists at Wembley on 25 May , has sneered at the idea of sheikhs taking over a city's club, saying his supporters, who control their club, would never entertain it.
  • (12) The American advisers to the Pentagon and the White House use the same clichés, the same demeaning stereotypes, the same justifications for power and violence (after all, runs the chorus, power is the only language they understand) as the scholars enlisted by the Dutch conquerors of Malaysia and Indonesia, the British armies of India, Mesopotamia, Egypt, West Africa, the French armies of Indochina and North Africa.
  • (13) Pictures of Governors and Conquerors who founded the first hospitals are in display.
  • (14) The Duke’s ancestor Hugh Lupus – the king’s head huntsman or grand veneur , a tubby man nicknamed gros veneur , from which derived the family surname – came across with William the Conqueror and was granted a chunk of Cheshire to protect the region from the Welsh.
  • (15) Le Guen first match in charge will be on Wednesday, when Toulouse, conquerors of Lyon on Saturday, visit the Parc des Princes.
  • (16) We are turning everything back to basics, back to the way it was when it was a pub over 100 years ago.” • hovellingboatinn.co.uk , open Mon-Thurs 11.30am–9.30pm, Fri and Sat 11.30am-11pm, Sun noon-4pm The Conqueror Alehouse, Ramsgate Named after a two-funnelled paddle steamer that plied the route from Ramsgate to France at the beginning of the 20th century, the Conqueror’s walls are covered in black and white photos of the ship and its crew.
  • (17) Genghis Khan, or more specifically, John Wayne as Genghis Khan in the notoriously awful The Conqueror, was the inspiration for Shin's last collaboration with Kim.
  • (18) And you still have people sitting in parliament because their distant ancestor killed a lot of peasants for William the Conqueror.
  • (19) There they will face the winners of Friday night's second semi-final between Leeds, their Grand Final conquerors last autumn, and Wigan.
  • (20) The colossal fightback over Roger Federer’s conqueror captivated fans at Hisense Arena and catapulted the 19-year-old into a last-eight showdown on Tuesday with dual grand slam champion Andy Murray.

Winner


Definition:

  • (n.) One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Having been knocked out of the League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup before Christmas, they lost an FA Cup fourth-round replay at West Brom on 1 February.
  • (2) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
  • (3) In a poll before the debate, 48% predicted that Merkel, who will become Europe's longest serving leader if re-elected on 22 September, would emerge as the winner of the US-style debate, while 26% favoured Steinbruck, a former finance minister who is known for his quick-wit and rhetorical skills, but sometimes comes across as arrogant.
  • (4) Cape no longer has the monopoly on talent; the stars are scattered these days, and Franklin's "fantastically discriminating" deputy Robin Robertson can take credit for many recent triumphs, including their most recent Booker winner, Anne Enright.
  • (5) He told FA.com: “In my opinion, we were worthy winners.
  • (6) His next target, apart from the straightforward matter of retaining his champion's title this winter, is 4,182, being the number of winners trained by Martin Pipe, with whom he had seven highly productive years at the start of his career.
  • (7) But it is as a winner of "best dressed" and "most inspiring" awards that she remains well-known.
  • (8) Their brutality seems to have been fairly even-handed, or if it wasn't, the men surely suffered enough not to be presented as the winners of the atrocity.
  • (9) Recent winners such as the Ravens, Giants, Packers and Steelers typically stayed away from free agents, and fans are catching on.
  • (10) I think if anyone was to explain it in those terms, the savings for the taxpayer, fewer potential victims, this I think would be a vote winner.
  • (11) The agency notes, too, that the Norwegian broadcaster NRK has form when it comes to announcing peace prize winners early, saying last year the EU had triumphed an hour before the official announcement.
  • (12) Uche, 31 and an African Nations Cup winner with Nigeria in 2013, has joined Tigres from Villarreal where he scored more than 30 goals in three seasons, having previously played for Recreativo Huelva, Getafe, Real Zaragoza and Granada.
  • (13) The winner will play either Roger Federer or Milos Raonic in Sunday’s final.
  • (14) The young woman is Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, then part of the new guard of dissidents and critics, now the president of Liberia.
  • (15) Results indicate that the effects of competitively structured environments differ for winners and nonwinners and for boys and girls.
  • (16) These differences in hormonal responses to the fight are attributed to the more aggressive behavior displayed by the victorious opponents (winners) over their defeated competitors (losers).
  • (17) When Thiago Alcântara was a kid, he had everything he needed at home – a ball, a table, some chairs and a World Cup winner.
  • (18) There would never be a meeting in a darkened room where a winner was chosen just to fit an audience demographic or to create more entertaining telly.
  • (19) Level on points with an Atlético Madrid side containing a young Fernando Torres on the final day, a Hugo Morales winner fired the island club, and Benítez, into the big time.
  • (20) It gave Liverpool a headache as they already had fixtures to rearrange thanks to the European Cup Winners' Cup campaign - plus a win would have put them top of the league, at least until Newcastle and Manchester United met later that day.