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Scuffle vs Scrimmage - What's the difference?

scuffle | scrimmage |

As nouns the difference between scuffle and scrimmage

is that scuffle is a rough disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters while scrimmage is a rough fight.

As verbs the difference between scuffle and scrimmage

is that scuffle is to fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters while scrimmage is to have, or be involved in, a scrimmage.

scuffle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rough disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters
  • * L'Estrange
    • The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned.
  • A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling
  • (archaic) A child's pinafore or bib.

    • Synonyms

    * (Dutch hoe) scuffle hoe

    Verb

    (scuffl)
  • To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
  • * Eikon Basilike
    • A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble.
  • To walk with a shuffling gait.
  • (slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.

    • scrimmage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (scrimmag)
  • To have, or be involved in, a scrimmage.
    • We scrimmaged a few times and then settled into boring drills.