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Combatant vs Warfare - What's the difference?

combatant | warfare |

As nouns the difference between combatant and warfare

is that combatant is an armed fighter while warfare is the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.

As an adjective combatant

is contending; disposed to contend.

As a verb warfare is

to lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.

combatant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An armed fighter.
    • Gladiators were combatants who fought to the death to entertain the public.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Contending; disposed to contend.
    • (Ben Jonson)
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    warfare

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
  • * Bible, 1 Sam. xxviii. 1
    • The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare , to fight with Israel.
  • Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.

    • Derived terms

    * antiwarfare * asymmetric warfare * biological warfare * chemical warfare * class warfare * conventional warfare * cyberwarfare * e-warfare * electronic warfare * germ warfare * guerrilla warfare * information warfare * open warfare * psychological warfare * siege warfare * spiritual warfare * trench warfare * warfarer

    Related terms

    * war

    Verb

    (warfar)
  • To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.
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