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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal fight |
| Synonyms: | altercation, beef, bickering, blowup, bone, bone of contention, bone to pick, brannigan, brawl, brush, clash, controversy, crusher, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, dustup, exchange, face-off, falling, feud, finisher, flap, fuss, gin, go*, hassle, knock down and drag out, knockdown, out, quarrel, rhubarb, romp, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to, shindy, spat, squabble, static*, stew, talking heads, tiff, words, wrangle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | polemic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
| Synonyms: | altercation, beef, bicker, bickering, blowup, bone, bone of contention, bone to pick, brannigan, brawl, brush, clash, contention, controversy, crusher, debate, difference of opinion, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, dustup, exchange, face-off, falling, feud, fight, finisher, flap, fuss*, gin, go*, hassle, knock down and drag out, knockdown, out*, quarrel, rhubarb, romp, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to, shindy, spat, squabble, static*, stew, talking heads, tiff, word, words, wrangle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Concept: | Difference. |
| Category: | 1. ABSOLUTE RELATION; RELATIONS |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
difference; variance, variation, variety; diversity, dissimilarity; disagreement; disparity (inequality); distinction, contradistinction; alteration., modification, permutation, moods and tenses., nice distinction, fine distinction, delicate distinction, subtle distinction; shade of difference, nuance; discrimination. [more]; differentia., different thing, something else, apple off another tree, another pair of shoes; horse of a different color; this that or the other.
-verbs
be different; differ, vary, ablude, mismatch, contrast; divaricate; differ toto coelo, differ longo intervallo., vary, modify (change)., discriminate.
-adjectives
differing; different, diverse, heterogeneous, multifarious, polyglot; distinguishable, dissimilar; varied, modified; diversified, various, divers, all manner of, all kinds of; variform; daedal., other, another, not the same; unequal; unmatched; widely apart, poles apart, distinctive, characteristic; discriminative; distinguishing.
-adverbs
differently.
-phrases
il y a fagots et fagots.
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| Antonyms: | identity, uniformity, similarity |
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