Debate and Feud

Debate

Debate noun - A careful weighing of the reasons for or against something.

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Feud and debate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Feud" instead the word "Debate" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: debated, debatable, debater, debating

Feud noun - A bitter quarrel between two parties.

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Debate and feud are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Debate" instead the word "Feud" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: feuded, feuding, feudalism, feudal

long	long debate	long feud
similar	similar debate	similar feud
brief	brief debate	brief feud
public	public debate	public feud
Other adjectives: current, friendly, actual, entire, real, perpetual, massive, big, great, intense, serious, huge, little, infamous, major, hot, heated, final, significant, classic, epic, last, long-standing.

debate people

feud people

And then somebody witty decided to print the verses in a newspaper... The "scrap feud" became cultural history in a matter of days, as everybody else entered the debate.

Source: Volleying Insults
Special mention goes to the Scotland/England feud, which goes back a long time (people still talk about The Wars of Independence, which started in 1286) but has been given fervor by the ongoing independence debate.

Source: Useful Notes / Misplaced Nationalism

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