Combat and Strife

Combat

Combat noun - An earnest effort for superiority or victory over another.
Usage example: the fierce ideological combat between the religionists and the secularists

Strife is a synonym for combat in contest topic. In some cases you can use "Strife" instead a noun "Combat".

Strife

Strife noun - An earnest effort for superiority or victory over another.
Usage example: bitter strife between the two political factions

Combat is a synonym for strife in conflict topic. You can use "Combat" instead a noun "Strife", if it concerns topics such as contest, struggle.

How words are described

original original combat original strife
real real combat real strife
constant constant combat constant strife
intense intense combat intense strife
Other adjectives: serious, social, personal, bloody, martial.

Both words in one sentence

  • RPG-Mechanics Verse The world of Homestuck, while otherwise being the Text-Based Adventure Game's equivalent to this trope, has a strife system that appears to be based on turn-based RPG combat.
  • The Only One: Caleb makes it clear to Timothy that the fight in Dimmsdale is mainly his problem, on basis that it's his hometown, citing that a region in strife births its own evil and also its own Hero to combat it.
  • Knife Nut Wickedly sharp and barbed knives are the most common close combat weapons used by the Dark Eldar with Lelith Hesperax, the leader of the Wych Cult of Strife, being the most proficient with a blade.
    Source: Knife Nut
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