Fought vs. Fight: What's the Difference?

Past tense and past participle of fight.

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

Simple past tense and past participle of fight

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

To engage in a quarrel; argue

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

To contend with or oppose with violence or in battle.

To wage or carry on (a battle).

To contend for, as by combat

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

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

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

To contend with or struggle against

To try to prevent the development or success of

To try to extinguish (an uncontrolled fire).

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

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

A physical conflict between two or more individuals.

A boxing match.

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

A quarrel or conflict

A struggle to achieve an objective

The power or inclination to fight; pugnacity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An occasion of fighting.

(archaic) A battle between opposing armies.

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

(sports) A boxing or martial arts match.

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

(uncountable) The will or ability to fight.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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 struggle or contest of any kind.

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

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;