Combat vs. Battle

Combat vs. Battle — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Combat and Battle

Combatnoun

A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).

Battlenoun

A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.

Combatnoun

a struggle for victory

Battlenoun

A struggle; a contest.

the battle of life

Combatverb

(transitive) To fight; to struggle against.

It has proven very difficult to combat drug addiction.

Battlenoun

A division of an army; a battalion.

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Combatverb

(intransitive) To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).

Battlenoun

(obsolete) The main body, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; battalia.

Combatnoun

an engagement fought between two military forces

Battleverb

(intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight

Scientists always battle over theories.She has been battling against cancer for years.

Combatnoun

the act of fighting; any contest or struggle;

a fight broke out at the hockey gamethere was fighting in the streetsthe unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap

Battleverb

(transitive) To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.

She has been battling cancer for years.
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Combatverb

battle or contend against in or as if in a battle;

The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern IraqWe must combat the prejudices against other racesthey battled over the budget

Battleverb

To nourish; feed.

Battleverb

To render (for example soil) fertile or fruitful

Battleadjective

Improving; nutritious; fattening.

battle grass, battle pasture

Battleadjective

Fertile; fruitful.

battle soil, battle land

Battlenoun

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;

Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamaugahe lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement

Battlenoun

an energetic attempt to achieve something;

getting through the crowd was a real strugglehe fought a battle for recognition

Battlenoun

an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);

the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumphpolice tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs

Battleverb

battle or contend against in or as if in a battle;

The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern IraqWe must combat the prejudices against other racesthey battled over the budget