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Melee vs Ruckus - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between melee and ruckus

is that melee is hand-to-hand combat; mano a mano while ruckus is a noisy disturbance and/or commotion.

As a verb melee

is to physically hit, as opposed to shooting or blowing up.

melee

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • Hand-to-hand combat; .
  • A naval or armor battle at an abnormally close range, extending even to disorganized crowds of people or traffic jams, using no ammunition.
  • A noisy or heated fight, argument or scrap
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The ball did not appear to cross the line, a view supported by television replays as Blues captain John Terry also joined the melee , but referee Atkinson awarded the goal - to the obvious anger of Spurs and their management team.}}

    Verb

    (d)
  • (video games, slang) to physically hit, as opposed to shooting or blowing up.

    • ruckus

    English

    Noun

    (ruckuses)
  • A noisy disturbance and/or commotion.
  • A row, fight.

    • Synonyms

    * uproar * ruction * rumpus

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