Win vs. Victorious: What's the Difference?
Win and Victorious Definitions
Win
To achieve victory or finish first in a competition.
Victorious
Being the winner in a contest or struggle
The victorious army.
Win
To achieve success in an effort or venture
Struggled to overcome the handicap and finally won.
Victorious
Characteristic of or expressing a sense of victory or fulfillment
A victorious cheer.
Win
To achieve victory or finish first in
Won the race.
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Victorious
Being the winner in a contest, struggle, war, etc.
Win
To receive as a prize or reward for performance
Won a gold medal.
Victorious
Of or expressing a sense of victory or triumph.
The team were met with a victorious cheer.
Win
To achieve or obtain by effort
Win concessions in negotiations.
Victorious
Of or pertaining to victory, or a victor; being a victor; bringing or causing a victory; conquering; winning; triumphant; as, a victorious general; victorious troops; a victorious day.
But I shall rise victorious, and subdueMy vanquisher.
Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths.
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Win
To gain (respect or love, for example) by effort
Won their loyalty.
Victorious
Having won;
The victorious entry
The winning team
Win
To make (one's way) with effort.
Victorious
Experiencing triumph
Win
To reach with difficulty
The ship won a safe port.
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Win
To take in battle; capture
Won the heights after a fierce attack.
Win
To succeed in gaining the affection or loyalty of (someone)
He wooed and won her.
Win
To succeed in gaining the favor or support of; prevail on
Her eloquence won over the audience.
Win
To discover and open (a vein or deposit) in mining.
Win
To extract from a mine or from mined ore.
Win
A victory, especially in a competition.
Win
First place in a competition.
Win
An amount won or earned.
Win
To conquer, defeat.
Win
To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
Win
(transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
Win
(transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
To win the jackpot in a lottery;
To win a bottle of wine in a raffle
Win
(transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
Win
(intransitive) To achieve victory.
Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?
Win
(intransitive) To have power, coercion or control.
Ever since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Bostonians now run as "One Boston." The terrorists did not win.
Win
(transitive) To obtain (something desired).
The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.
Win
(transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
The success of the economic policies should win Mr. Smith the next elections.
The policy success should win the elections for Mr. Smith.
Win
To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
Win
To defeat or surpass someone or something.
Win
To dry by exposure to the wind.
Win
An individual victory.
Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
Win
(slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
Win
(obsolete) Gain; profit; income.
Win
(obsolete) Wealth; goods owned.
Win
(Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.
Win
To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country.
Thy well-breathed horseImpels the flying car, and wins the course.
Win
To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.
Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me.
She is a woman; therefore to be won.
Win
To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.
Win
To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
Even in the porch he him did win.
And when the stony path began,By which the naked peak they wan,Up flew the snowy ptarmigan.
Win
To extract, as ore or coal.
Win
To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.
Nor is it aught but justThat he, who in debate of truth hath won,should win in arms.
Win
A victory (as in a race or other competition);
He was happy to get the win
Win
Something won (especially money)
Win
Be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious;
He won the Gold Medal in skating
Our home team won
Win the game
Win
Win something through one's efforts;
I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese
Gain an understanding of international finance
Win
Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.;
The home team was gaining ground
After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference
Win
Attain success or reach a desired goal;
The enterprise succeeded
We succeeded in getting tickets to the show
She struggled to overcome her handicap and won
