Campaign vs Combat - What's the difference?
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A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
* {{quote-news
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, date=April 9
, author=Mandeep Sanghera
, title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich
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(obsolete) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills; a champaign.
The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
To take part in a campaign.
A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.
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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat : "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
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, title= To fight with; to struggle for victory against.
* Milton
In lang=en terms the difference between campaign and combat
is that campaign is to take part in a campaign while combat is to fight with; to struggle for victory against.As nouns the difference between campaign and combat
is that campaign is a series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal while combat is a battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.As verbs the difference between campaign and combat
is that campaign is to take part in a campaign while combat is to fight with; to struggle for victory against.campaign
English
(wikipedia campaign)Noun
(en noun)- an election campaign'''; a military '''campaign
- The company is targeting children in their latest advertising campaign .
citation, page= , passage=The Canaries went ahead when the home defence failed to clear their lines and Pilkington was on hand to slide in his eighth goal of the campaign .}}
- (Grath)
Derived terms
* advertising campaign * election campaign * military campaign * political campaign * rumor campaign * whisper campaignVerb
(en verb)- She campaigned for better social security.
citation, page= , passage=But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.}}
combat
English
(wikipedia combat)Noun
The British Longitude Act Reconsidered, passage=Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat .}}
Derived terms
* combat payVerb
- To combat with a blind man I disdain.