Contest and Fighting

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Contest

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

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Fighting is a synonym for contest in fight topic. In some cases you can use "Fighting" instead a noun "Contest", when it comes to topics like armed conflict.

Nearby Words: contested, contestant, contestation, contesting

Fighting

Fighting noun - The act of fighting; any contest or struggle.

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Contest is a synonym for fighting in fight topic. Sometimes you can use "Contest" instead the word "Fighting" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as armed conflict.

Nearby Words: fight, fighter

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good	good contest	good fighting
female	female contest	female fighting
physical	physical contest	physical fighting
best	best contest	best fighting
Other adjectives: long, fair, single, actual, entire, real, constant, little, ultimate, further, giant.

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It might be a calculated effort to goad the challenged into accepting the contest and fighting their hardest, either in order to test them or just because the challenger likes a good fight.

Source: Throwing Down the Gauntlet
In his supports with Chrom, Vaike challenges Chrom to a cooking contest instead of sword fighting.

Source: Real Men Cook
To begin the contest it was decided that they represented two nations fighting for control over the Mississippi River.

Source: Pretext for War

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