Confrontative vs. Confrontational
Confrontative and Confrontational Definitions
Confrontative
To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility
I wish to confront my accuser in a court of law.
Confrontational
The act of confronting or the state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face.
Confrontative
To bring face to face with
The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt.
Confrontational
A conflict involving armed forces
A nuclear confrontation.
Confrontative
To come up against; encounter
Confronted danger at every turn.
Confrontational
Discord or a clash of opinions and ideas
An age of ideological confrontation.
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Confrontative
To engage in confrontation
"She got no child support. [She] didn't argue or confront" (Gail Sheehy).
Confrontational
A focused comparison
An essay that brought elements of biography, autobiography, and general European history into powerful, meaningful confrontation.
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Confrontational
Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.
Confrontational
Of or relating to confrontation
