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Warfare vs Warfighting - What's the difference?

warfare | warfighting |

As nouns the difference between warfare and warfighting

is that warfare is the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy while warfighting is the fighting of a war.

As a verb warfare

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

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.
    • *

    warfighting

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (military) The fighting of a war
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 24, author=Martin Butcher, title=Brown can be bold on disarmament, work=Guardian citation
    • , passage=In addition he should announce that the so-called "tactical Trident", where some missiles carrying only one warhead for use in regional wars, will no longer be deployed – that Britain considers nuclear weapons only as a strategic deterrent against the use of nuclear forces, not as a warfighting weapon. }}

    Usage notes

    *Used attributively to describe forces and materials used to fight a war.