fight down vs resist

fight down and resist both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fight down	No	No	Yes	No
resist	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, resist is a hyponym of fight down; that is, resist is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fight down:

Other hyponyms of fight down include recalcitrate, fend, stand, hold out, stand firm, withstand, drive back, fight off, rebuff, repel, repulse.

fight down (verb)	resist (verb)
fight against or resist strongly	stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
	withstand the force of something
	refuse to comply
	express opposition through action or words
	elude, especially in a baffling way
	resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ