wrangle vs altercation

wrangle and altercation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wrangle	Yes	No	Yes	No
altercation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, altercation is a hyponym of wrangle; that is, altercation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wrangle:

Other hyponyms of wrangle include affray, fracas, bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff, bust-up.

wrangle (noun)	altercation (noun)
an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)	noisy quarrel
an angry dispute

wrangle (verb)	altercation (verb)
to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
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