Melee vs Squabble - What's the difference?
melee | squabble | Related terms |
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.
To participate in a minor fight or argument.
* I. Watts
(printing) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.
Melee is a related term of squabble.
As nouns the difference between melee and squabble
is that melee is while squabble is a minor fight or argument as between children, for example.As a verb squabble is
to participate in a minor fight or argument.melee
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Alternative forms
* *Noun
(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.}}
Verb
(d)squabble
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Derived terms
* squabblyVerb
(squabbl)- ''The brothers were always squabbling with each other.
- The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.
- to squabble type