Confront and Pit

Confront

Confront verb - To oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage.

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Pit and confront are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pit" instead a verb "Confront".

Pit verb - Set into opposition or rivalry.

Usage example: pit a chess player against the Russian champion

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Confront and pit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confront" instead a verb "Pit".

group	confront group	pit group
god	confront god	pit god
team	confront team	pit team
army	confront army	pit army
Other words: way, characters, player, aspects, heroes.

The cop Yasuoka figures it's a better idea to pit him against Akagi in a high-stakes game of mahjong rather than trying to confront him by legal means.

Source: Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
In Kid Icarus: Uprising, Chapter 8 has Pit fight through the Space Pirates on his way to confront the Pirate Captain, only for a space Kraken to show up out of nowhere, eat the Pirate Captain, and become the boss for the chapter.

Source: Bait-and-Switch Boss

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