Melee vs Shindig - What's the difference?
melee | shindig |
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
(video games, slang) to physically hit, as opposed to shooting or blowing up.
As nouns the difference between melee and shindig
is that melee is while shindig is noisy party or festivities.melee
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* *Noun
(en noun)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.}}