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Combat vs Rivalry - What's the difference?

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Combat is a related term of rivalry.


As nouns the difference between combat and rivalry

is that combat is a battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory while rivalry is the relationship between two or more rivals who regularly compete with each other the term usually applies to two rivals.

As a verb combat

is to fight with; to struggle for victory against.

combat

English

(wikipedia combat)

Noun

  • 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;."
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    • , volume=100, issue=2, page=87, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= 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 pay

    Verb

  • To fight with; to struggle for victory against.
  • * Milton
    • To combat with a blind man I disdain.

    Anagrams

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    rivalry

    English

    Noun

    (rivalries)
  • The relationship between two or more rivals who regularly compete with each other. The term usually applies to two rivals.
    • The Boston Bruins have a longstanding rivalry with the Montreal Canadiens.
  • In economics, rivalry is a characteristic of a good. Rivalrous goods are those which can be consumed by only one person at the same time -- for example, a candy bar or a suit; a non-rivalrous good may be provided to more consumers at a very low marginal cost for each additional consumer.
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