conflict — meaning in English

English meaning

• conflict noun A serious disagreement or clash, especially a prolonged one.
• friction noun The resistance created when one surface rubs against another.
• strife noun Bitter conflict or struggle, sometimes violent.

Senses

conflict is used for these senses in English:

• conflict A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
• conflict An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
• strife Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.

conflict — full definition

1. noun A serious disagreement or clash, especially a prolonged one.
2. verb To be incompatible or to clash with something else.

friction — full definition

1. noun The resistance created when one surface rubs against another.
2. noun Disagreement or tension between people with different views.

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