ambition vs grail

ambition

noun
  • An object of an ardent desire. 

  • Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people. 

  • A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal. 

  • A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things. 

verb
  • To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. 

grail

noun
  • Something eagerly sought or quested for. 

  • Small particles of earth; gravel. 

  • One of the small feathers of a hawk. 

  • The Holy Grail. 

  • A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual. 

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