War vs. Conflict

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.

Conflictnoun

A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.

Conflictnoun

An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.

Conflictverb

(intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible

Conflictverb

(intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

Conflictnoun

A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.

Conflictnoun

A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.

Conflictverb

To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide.

Conflictverb

To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.

Conflictverb

To be in opposition; to be contradictory.

Conflictnoun

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

Conflictnoun

opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings;

Conflictnoun

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

Conflictnoun

a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests;

Conflictnoun

an incompatibility of dates or events;

Conflictnoun

opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot);

Conflictnoun

a disagreement or argument about something important;

Conflictverb

be in conflict;

Conflictverb

go against, as of rules and laws;

Conflictnoun

a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one

Conflictnoun

a prolonged armed struggle

Conflictnoun

a state of mind in which a person experiences a clash of opposing feelings or needs

Conflictnoun

a serious incompatibility between two or more opinions, principles, or interests

Conflictverb

be incompatible or at variance; clash

Conflictverb

having or showing confused and mutually inconsistent feelings