Conflict
Conflict noun - A lack of agreement or harmony.
Usage example: the conflict between absolute freedom and personal responsibility
Debate and conflict are semantically related In some cases you can use "Debate" instead the word "Conflict" as a noun or a verb.
Nearby Words: conflicting, conflicted
Debate
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
How words are described
| long | long conflict | long debate |
| current | current conflict | current debate |
| endless | endless conflict | endless debate |
| open | open conflict | open debate |
| Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, constant, massive, big, great, serious, huge, little, internal, moral, new, major, religious, political, further, larger, primary. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Debate and Switch: The entire conflict in "Sacred Cow" was solved by said cow almost getting hit by a car and then dying of a cow heart attack.
- It gains the capacity for free will to some degree, which runs into conflict with its nature as a curse, creating some inner turmoil until the climax sees it embrace the free will side of the debate.
Source: Webcomic / Daily Grind -
Stoicism: Toori and Horizon have this conflict, highlighted in their debate near the end of Season 1.
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