Conflict and Match

Conflict

Conflict noun - An earnest effort for superiority or victory over another.

Usage example: the eternal conflict between the forces of good and evil

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Match and conflict are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Match" instead a noun "Conflict".

Nearby Words: conflicting, conflicted

Match noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.

Usage example: a chess match

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Conflict and match are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Conflict" instead a noun "Match".

Nearby Words: matched, matching, matcher

physical	physical conflict	physical match
long	long conflict	long match
current	current conflict	current match
true	true conflict	true match
Other adjectives: single, brutal, actual, entire, real, big, great, little, main, major, political, next, last, international, said, previous, resulting, upcoming.

way	conflict way	match way
face	conflict face	match face

But Hannah was the one who tried to match them up in the first place so there's no conflict there.

Source: Film / Hannah and Her Sisters
One-Man Army: Dredd and Anderson are together for most of the conflict, but Dredd proves more than a match for Ma-Ma's forces when they're separated.

Source: Film / Dredd
The conflict in Homestuck between Prospit and Derse is essentially a gigantic chess match that gets more complicated with each prototyping.

Source: Chess Motifs

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