Conflict
Conflict noun - A lack of agreement or harmony.
Usage example: the conflict between absolute freedom and personal responsibility
Nearby Words: conflicting, conflicted
Harmony
Harmony noun - Peaceful coexistence.
Usage example: the apparent inability of the party's right and left wings to resolve their conflicts and live in harmony at least during the convention
How words are described
| physical | physical conflict | physical harmony |
| future | future conflict | future harmony |
| true | true conflict | true harmony |
| divine | divine conflict | divine harmony |
| Other adjectives: open, entire, social, personal, internal, ancient, new, further, rising, international, external, cultural, racial, ethnic, galactic. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Humans were shaped for conflict, as elves for harmony; each needed the other's balance of wisdom, but must cleave to its own nature.
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This is actually a plot point, as all the conflict on the ship leads its Mother Computer 0D-10 to decide that the best way to maintain harmony onboard is to kill the entire crew.
Source: Video Game / Live A Live -
What is perceived as a "conflict" or "struggle" to keep the forces balanced is actually the two of them working in harmony.
Source: Yin-Yang Clash
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