Conflict vs Focus - What's the difference?
conflict | focus |
A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two opposing groups or individuals.
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, title= An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
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To overlap (with), as in a schedule.
(countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
(countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
(uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
(uncountable) Concentration of attention.
(countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions.
(computing, graphical user interface) The indicator of the currently active element in a user interface.
(linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
To concentrate one's attention.
To concentrate one’s attention.
As nouns the difference between conflict and focus
is that conflict is a clash or disagreement, often violent, between two opposing groups or individuals while focus is (countable|optics) a point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.As verbs the difference between conflict and focus
is that conflict is to be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible while focus is to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.conflict
English
(wikipedia conflict)Noun
(en noun)Mark Tran
Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
Verb
(en verb)- Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.
References
* English heteronyms ----focus
English
(wikipedia focus)Noun
Catherine Clabby
Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus'.
Verb
- You'll need to focus the microscope carefully in order to capture the full detail of this surface.
- Focus on passing the test.
- If you're going to beat your competitors, you need to focus .