contend vs war
war vs contendcontend is not a noun while war is a noun.
contend and war both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| contend | No | No | Yes | No |
| war | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
war is a hyponym of
contend; that is, war is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
contend:
- contend: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
- war: make or wage war
Other hyponyms of contend include
bear down, fistfight, join battle, tug, defend, fight, fight back, fight down, oppose, get back, settle, fight back, battle, combat, assail, attack, duel, joust, chicken-fight, chickenfight, tourney, feud, skirmish, bandy, fence, box, spar, scuffle, tussle, wrestle, engage, wage.
| contend (noun) | war (noun) |
|---|---|
| the waging of armed conflict against an enemy | |
| a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious | |
| an active struggle between competing entities | |
| a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply |
| contend (verb) | war (verb) |
|---|---|
| to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation | make or wage war |
| 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 |
Words related to "contend"
- act
- altercate
- argue
- argufy
- assail
- attack
- bandy
- battle
- bear down
- bicker
- box
- brabble
- catch
- catch up with
- challenge
- chicken-fight
- chickenfight
- claim
- combat
- compete
- contend
- contender
- contention
- contest
- converse
- cope
- cut
- deal
- debate
- defend
- differ
- disagree
- discourse
- dispute
- dissent
- duel
- emulate
- encounter
- engage
- equal
- extemporize
- fence
- fend
- feud
- fight
- fight back
- fight down
- fistfight
- gainsay
- get back
- get by
- go for
- grapple
- hack
- improvise
- join battle
- joust
- keep up
- lead
- lose
- make do
- make out
- manage
- match
- meet
- move
- niggle
- oppose
- overtake
- pettifog
- play
- postulate
- quarrel
- quibble
- race
- rack up
- repugn
- rival
- rub along
- run
- run off
- score
- scrap
- scrape along
- scrape by
- scratch along
- scuffle
- settle
- skirmish
- spar
- squabble
- squeak by
- squeeze by
- stickle
- struggle
- take issue
- take on
- tally
- top
- touch
- tourney
- try for
- tug
- tussle
- vie
- wage
- war
- win
- wrestle
Words related to "war"
- Arab-Israeli War
- BW
- Balkan Wars
- Boer War
- Chino-Japanese War
- Crimean War
- Franco-Prussian War
- French and Indian War
- Greek War of Independence
- Gulf War
- Hundred Years' War
- IW
- Iran-Iraq War
- Korean War
- Macedonian War
- Mexican War
- Mexican-American War
- Napoleonic Wars
- Nine Years' War
- Peloponnesian War
- Persian Gulf War
- Punic War
- Russo-Japanese War
- Second Sino-Japanese War
- Seven Years' War
- Sino-Japanese War
- Six Day War
- Six-Day War
- Spanish War
- Spanish-American War
- Thirty Years' War
- Trojan War
- Vietnam
- Vietnam War
- War of 1812
- War of Greek Independence
- War of the Austrian Succession
- War of the Grand Alliance
- War of the League of Augsburg
- War of the Roses
- War of the Spanish Succession
- Wars of the Roses
- Yom Kippur War
- action
- aggression
- antagonism
- armed combat
- armed forces
- armed services
- battle
- bioattack
- biologic attack
- biological attack
- biological warfare
- blitzkrieg
- campaign
- cause
- chemical operations
- chemical warfare
- civil war
- combat
- conflict
- contend
- crusade
- de-escalation
- despoiler
- drive
- drug war
- effort
- engagement
- enmity
- fight
- freebooter
- go to war
- hostility
- hot war
- information warfare
- limited war
- looter
- make peace
- military
- military action
- military machine
- movement
- peace
- pillager
- plunderer
- proxy war
- psychological warfare
- raider
- side
- spoiler
- state of war
- struggle
- take arms
- take the field
- take up arms
- trench warfare
- war
- war machine
- war of nerves
- warfare
- warrior
- world war
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