chicken-fight vs contend

chicken-fight and contend both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chicken-fight	No	No	Yes	No
contend	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, contend is a hypernym of chicken-fight; that is, contend is a word with a broader meaning than chicken-fight:

Other hypernyms of chicken-fight include fight, struggle.

chicken-fight (verb)	contend (verb)
fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders	to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
	have an argument about something
	maintain or assert
	compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
	be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
	succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available