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Pugnacious vs Wrangling - What's the difference?

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Pugnacious is a related term of wrangling.


As an adjective pugnacious

is naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent.

As a noun wrangling is

contention; gainstriving.

As a verb wrangling is

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pugnacious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent.
  • * 1858 , (Anthony Trollope), Dr Thorne , ch. 3:
    • Not that the doctor was a bully, or even pugnacious , in the usual sense of the word; he had no disposition to provoke a fight, no propense love of quarrelling.
  • * 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 15:
    • As he made the demand he spat out a mouthful of blood and teeth and shoved his pugnacious face close to Oofty-Oofty.
  • * 2003 , (Ken Follett), Hornet Flight , ISBN 9780451210746, pp. 249-250:
    • In the face of bad news Churchill normally became even more pugnacious , always wanting to respond to defeat by going on the attack.
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    wrangling

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) wranglyng, wranglinge, equivalent to .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • contention; gainstriving
  • dispute; disputation; quarreling
  • a dispute; a contentious argument; a brawl

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

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