Fighting vs Contention - What's the difference?
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Engaged in war or other conflict.
Apt to provoke a fight.
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A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
* {{quote-book, year=1613, author=, title=A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV., chapter=The Costlie Whore, edition=
, passage=Then here the warres end, here[206] our fightings marde, Yet by your leave Ile stand upon my Guard. '' }}
* {{quote-book, year=1840, author=Thomas Carlyle, title=On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Seid had fallen in the War of Tabuc, the first of Mahomet's fightings with the Greeks. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1860, author=John Yeardley, title=Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel, chapter=, edition=
, passage=A good many soldiers, and some officers, were present; but the expression of our dissent from all wars and fightings had not displeased them, for they shook hands with US most kindly. }}
struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate
A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.
(computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
As nouns the difference between fighting and contention
is that fighting is a fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight while contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate.As a verb fighting
is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective fighting
is engaged in war or other conflict.fighting
English
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* fighting chanceAdjective
(head)- It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains.
- Them's fighting words in my country!
- Those are fighting words, of course, and the people who presently hold the high ground of economic power in society will not be amused.
Derived terms
* fighting wordsNoun
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Descendants
* Korean: (hwaiting)contention
English
(wikipedia contention)Noun
(en noun)- It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.