Friction
Friction noun - A lack of agreement or harmony.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| particular | particular friction | particular stand |
| obvious | obvious friction | obvious stand |
| actual | actual friction | actual stand |
| real | real friction | real stand |
| Other adjectives: massive, early, political, negative, occasional. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- If you stand on frozen hydrogen, it will instantly melt, creating a zero-friction surface, causing you to fall over, which will probably result in one or more of the above happening.
Source: Literature / The Forever War - Enemy Mine: Neither Gendo nor SEELE can stand each other but they're working together until all Angels are defeated.Their investigations had uncovered that there was some kind of friction between SEELE and their point man at Central.
Source: Fanfic / Once More with Feeling - The Amazing Spider-Man fics Extra Legs to Stand On and Ocelli show jurisdictional friction happening between the NYPD, the CIA, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, the NSA and SHIELD due to the Lizard's actions counting as domestic terrorism.
Source: Jurisdiction Friction
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