Combat vs Confrontation - What's the difference?
combat | confrontation | Synonyms |
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
The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
A conflict between armed forces
Combat is a synonym of confrontation.
As nouns the difference between combat and confrontation
is that combat is a battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory while confrontation is the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face.As a verb combat
is to fight with; to struggle for victory against.combat
English
(wikipedia combat)Noun
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Derived terms
* combat payVerb
- To combat with a blind man I disdain.