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Conflict vs Brawl - What's the difference?

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Conflict is a related term of brawl.


As nouns the difference between conflict and brawl

is that conflict is a clash or disagreement, often violent, between two opposing groups or individuals while brawl is a fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

As verbs the difference between conflict and brawl

is that conflict is to be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible while brawl is to engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.

conflict

English

(wikipedia conflict)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two opposing groups or individuals.
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  • An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.

    • Related terms

    * conflictional

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
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  • To overlap (with), as in a schedule.
    • Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.

    References

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    brawl

    English

    (wikipedia brawl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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
    • where the brook brawls along the painful road