Scrimmage vs Melee - What's the difference?
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A rough fight.
* 1919 ,
*:There was an instant of complete silence, but when Tough Bill threw himself on Strickland the lust of battle seized them all, and in a moment there was a confused scrimmage . Tables were overturned, glasses crashed to the ground.
(label) In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.
In American football or Canadian football, a play that begins with a snap from the center while opposing teams are on either side of a line of scrimmage.
To have, or be involved in, a scrimmage.
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 scrimmage and melee
is that scrimmage is a rough fight while melee is hand-to-hand combat; mano a mano.As verbs the difference between scrimmage and melee
is that scrimmage is to have, or be involved in, a scrimmage while melee is to physically hit, as opposed to shooting or blowing up.scrimmage
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(scrimmag)- We scrimmaged a few times and then settled into boring drills.
melee
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(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.}}