Argument
Argument noun - An often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions.
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Synonyms for Argument
Confrontation and argument are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Confrontation" instead a noun "Argument".
Confrontation
Confrontation noun - An earnest effort for superiority or victory over another.
Usage example: the softball rivals met in an epic confrontation on the last weekend of the summer
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Synonyms for Confrontation
Argument and confrontation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Argument" instead a noun "Confrontation".
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Related pairs
- contest and argument
- contest and confrontation
- conflict and argument
- conflict and confrontation
- row and argument
- row and confrontation
- scrap and argument
- scrap and confrontation
- feud and argument
- feud and confrontation
- disagreement and argument
- disagreement and confrontation
- dispute and argument
- dispute and confrontation
How words are described
| similar | similar argument | similar confrontation |
| brief | brief argument | brief confrontation |
| short | short argument | short confrontation |
| original | original argument | original confrontation |
| Other adjectives: single, nasty, actual, entire, real, violent, big, intense, serious, little, bitter, main, major, angry, heated, final, minor, last, verbal, previous, ensuing. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In Cucumber Quest, Cucumber and Almond get into an argument about an earlier confrontation with the Nightmare Knight that almost ended in disaster.
Source: Armor-Piercing Response -
Not talking to Kate avoids the argument, but this is a point against you in the later confrontation.
Source: Video Game / Life Is Strange -
One Dialogue, Two Conversations: The party's confrontation with Taro Namatame is played as this, with both sides of the argument misinterpreting what the other is saying.
Source: Video Game / Persona 4
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