Fight vs. Row: What's the Difference?

To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons.

A series of objects placed next to each other, usually in a straight line.

(Sports) To engage in a boxing match or other similar contest.

A succession without a break or gap in time

To engage in a quarrel; argue

A line of adjacent seats, as in a theater, auditorium, or classroom.

To strive vigorously and resolutely, as in trying to overcome something; contend

A continuous line of buildings along a street.

To contend with or oppose with violence or in battle.

The act or an instance of rowing.

To wage or carry on (a battle).

A shift at the oars of a boat.

To contend for, as by combat

A trip or an excursion in a rowboat.

(Sports) To take part in a boxing match or other similar contest with (an opponent).

A noisy or quarrel or disturbance.

To participate in (a boxing match or other similar contest).

A loud noise.

To cause (a boxer or other contestant) to fight in a match.

To place in a row.

To contend with or struggle against

To use an oar or pair of oars in propelling a boat, typically by facing the stern and pulling the oar handle toward oneself, using an oarlock as a fulcrum to push the blade backward through the water repeatedly.

To try to prevent the development or success of

To propel (a boat) with oars.

To try to extinguish (an uncontrolled fire).

To carry in or on a boat propelled by oars.

To make (one's way) by struggle or striving

To use (a specified number of oars or people deploying them).

A confrontation between opposing groups in which each attempts to harm or gain power over the other, as with bodily force or weapons.

To propel or convey in a manner resembling rowing of a boat.

A physical conflict between two or more individuals.

To pull (an oar) as part of a racing crew.

A boxing match.

To race against by rowing.

A contest in kickboxing, any of the mixed martial arts, or a similar sport.

To take part in a noisy quarrel or disturbance.

A quarrel or conflict

A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.

A struggle to achieve an objective

A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.

The power or inclination to fight; pugnacity

An act or instance of rowing.

(intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.

(weightlifting) An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.

(reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.

A noisy argument.

(intransitive) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.

A continual loud noise.

(transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).

To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.

(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.

(transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.

(transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.

(intransitive) To be moved by oars.

To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.

(intransitive) To argue noisily.

(intransitive) Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.

Rough; stern; angry.

An occasion of fighting.

A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl.

(archaic) A battle between opposing armies.

A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns.

A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.

The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.

(sports) A boxing or martial arts match.

To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat.

A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.

To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.

(uncountable) The will or ability to fight.

To use the oar; as, to row well.

(obsolete) A screen for the combatants in ships; an arming.

To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.

To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; - followed by with or against.

An arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line;

To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.

An angry dispute;

To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.

A long continuous strip (usually running horizontally);

To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.

(construction) a layer of masonry;

To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.

A linear array of numbers side by side

A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.

A continuous chronological succession without an interruption;

A struggle or contest of any kind.

The act of rowing as a sport

Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him.

Propel with oars;

A screen for the combatants in ships.

The act of fighting; any contest or struggle;

An intense verbal dispute;

A boxing match;

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

An aggressive willingness to compete;

Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight;

Fight against or resist strongly;

Make a strenuous or labored effort;

Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for;