fisticuffs vs scrap

fisticuffs and scrap both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fisticuffs	Yes	No	No	No
scrap	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, scrap is a hypernym of fisticuffs; that is, scrap is a word with a broader meaning than fisticuffs:

Other hypernyms of fisticuffs include combat, fight, fighting.

fisticuffs (noun)	scrap (noun)
fighting with the fists	the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
a fight with bare fists	a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used
	a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
	worthless material that is to be disposed of

fisticuffs (verb)	scrap (verb)
	make into scrap or refuse
	have a disagreement over something
	dispose of (something useless or old)