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Melee vs Squabble - What's the difference?

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Melee is a related term of squabble.


As nouns the difference between melee and squabble

is that melee is while squabble is a minor fight or argument as between children, for example.

As a verb squabble is

to participate in a minor fight or argument.

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.

    • squabble

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A minor fight or argument as between children, for example.

    • Derived terms

    * squabbly

    Verb

    (squabbl)
  • To participate in a minor fight or argument.
    • ''The brothers were always squabbling with each other.
  • * I. Watts
    • The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.
  • (printing) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.
    • to squabble type

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * squabbler