Vocation vs Combat - What's the difference?
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An inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling.
An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.
A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.
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*:"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;."
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, title= To fight with; to struggle for victory against.
* Milton
As nouns the difference between vocation and combat
is that vocation is an inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling while combat is a battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.As a verb combat is
to fight with; to struggle for victory against.vocation
English
(wikipedia vocation)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* vocationalHypernyms
* job * labour * occupation * workcombat
English
(wikipedia combat)Noun
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Derived terms
* combat payVerb
- To combat with a blind man I disdain.
