Encounter vs Strife - What's the difference?
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To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.
To confront (someone or something) face to face.
(ambitransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
* Shakespeare
An unplanned or unexpected meeting.
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*:That was Selwyn's first encounter with the Ruthvens. A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.
A hostile meeting; a confrontation or skirmish.
A sudden, often violent clash, as between combatants.
(label) A match between two opposing sides.
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= Conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.
Encounter is a related term of strife.
As nouns the difference between encounter and strife
is that encounter is an unplanned or unexpected meeting while strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.As a verb encounter
is to meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.encounter
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * incounter (archaic) * incountre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- Three armies encountered at Waterloo.
- I will encounter with Andronicus.
Noun
(en noun)Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal, passage=Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter .}}