Battle vs. War

Battlenoun

A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.

Battlenoun

A struggle; a contest.

Battlenoun

A division of an army; a battalion.

Battlenoun

(obsolete) The main body, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; battalia.

Battleverb

(intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight

Battleverb

(transitive) To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.

Battleverb

To nourish; feed.

Battleverb

To render (for example soil) fertile or fruitful

Battleadjective

Improving; nutritious; fattening.

Battleadjective

Fertile; fruitful.

Battleadjective

Fertile. See Battel, a.

Battlenoun

A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.

Battlenoun

A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.

Battlenoun

A division of an army; a battalion.

Battlenoun

The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.

Battleverb

To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.

Battleverb

To assail in battle; to fight.

Battlenoun

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;

Battlenoun

an energetic attempt to achieve something;

Battlenoun

an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);

Battleverb

battle or contend against in or as if in a battle;

Battle

A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles.

Warnoun

(uncountable) Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces.

Warnoun

(countable) A particular conflict of this kind.

Warnoun

Any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict.

Warnoun

(figuratively) A campaign against something.

Warnoun

A bout of fierce competition in trade.

Warnoun

Instruments of war.

Warnoun

(obsolete) Armed forces.

Warnoun

(uncountable) A particular card game for two players, notable for having its outcome predetermined by how the cards are dealt.

Warverb

(intransitive) To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).

Warverb

To carry on, as a contest; to wage.

Waradjective

Ware; aware.

Warnoun

A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities.

Warnoun

A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.

Warnoun

Instruments of war.

Warnoun

Forces; army.

Warnoun

The profession of arms; the art of war.

Warnoun

a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility.

Warverb

To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence.

Warverb

To contend; to strive violently; to fight.

Warverb

To make war upon; to fight.

Warverb

To carry on, as a contest; to wage.

Warnoun

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy;

Warnoun

a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply;

Warnoun

an active struggle between competing entities;

Warnoun

a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious;

Warverb

make or wage war

War

War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, aggression, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces.