Brawl vs Altercation - What's the difference?
brawl | altercation |
To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
To complain loudly; to scold.
To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
* Wordsworth
Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
* (rfdate), Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
Altercation is a synonym of brawl.
As nouns the difference between brawl and altercation
is that brawl is a fight, usually with a large number of people involved while altercation is warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.As a verb brawl
is to engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.brawl
English
(wikipedia brawl)Verb
(en verb)- where the brook brawls along the painful road
altercation
English
Noun
(en noun)- "What the hell is it to you who are my friends?" roared McMurdo in a voice which brought every head in the carriage round to witness the altercation .