conquest vs takeover

conquest

noun
  • An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle. 

  • Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy. 

  • That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral. 

  • A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags. 

  • A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections. 

verb
  • To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor. 

takeover

noun
  • A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next. 

  • The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase. 

  • The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company. 

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