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Retaliate vs Combat - What's the difference?

retaliate | combat |

In lang=en terms the difference between retaliate and combat

is that retaliate is to repay or requite by an act of the same kind while combat is to fight with; to struggle for victory against.

As verbs the difference between retaliate and combat

is that retaliate is to do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront while combat is to fight with; to struggle for victory against.

As a noun combat is

a battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.

retaliate

English

Verb

(retaliat)
  • To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
    • John insulted Peter to retaliate for Peter's acid remark earlier.
  • To repay or requite by an act of the same kind.
  • * Sir T. Herbert
    • One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated .
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * retaliation * retaliative * retaliatory

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    combat

    English

    (wikipedia combat)

    Noun

  • A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.
  • *
  • *:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat : "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
    • , volume=100, issue=2, page=87, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , passage=Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat .}}

    Derived terms

    * combat pay

    Verb

  • To fight with; to struggle for victory against.
  • * Milton
    • To combat with a blind man I disdain.

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