As nouns the difference between skirmishes and clashes
is that skirmishes is plural of skirmish while clashes is plural of lang=en.
As verbs the difference between skirmishes and clashes
is that skirmishes is third-person singular of skirmish while clashes is third-person singular of clash.
skirmishes
English
Noun
(head)
Verb
(head)
(skirmish)
clashes
English
Noun
(head)
Verb
(head)
(clash)