List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 80

SYNONYMS: conflict, contest, combat, fight.
These nouns denote struggle between opposing forces for victory or supremacy.

Conflict applies both to open fighting between hostile groups and to a struggle, often an inner struggle, between antithetical forces: The conflict in Korea costs many lives. Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts.
Contest can refer either to friendly competition or to a hostile struggle to achieve an objective: an archery contest; a spelling contest; the gubernatorial contest.
Combat most commonly implies an encounter between two armed persons or groups: He reappeared armed for combat.
Fight usually refers to a clash, physical or figurative, involving individual adversaries: A fight was scheduled between the world boxing champion and the challenger. There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.