Affray vs Strife - What's the difference?
affray | strife | Related terms |
The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
To startle from quiet; to alarm.
* Chaucer
To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
* Shakespeare
Conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.
Affray is a related term of strife.
As nouns the difference between affray and strife
is that affray is the act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack while strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.As a verb affray
is to startle from quiet; to alarm.affray
English
Noun
(en noun)- The affray in the busy marketplace caused great terror and disorder.
Synonyms
* fray, brawl. * alarm, terror, fright.Verb
(en verb)- Smale foules a great heap / That had afrayed [affrayed] me out of my sleep.
- That voice doth us affray .