n.
/
ˈkɒnflɪkt/
a serious disagreement or argument.
▸a prolonged armed struggle.
▸an incompatibility between opinions, principles, etc.
v.
/
kənˈflɪkt/
[
often as adj. conflicting]
be incompatible or at variance; clash.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from L. conflict-, confligere ‘strike together, fight’, from con- ‘together’ + fligere ‘to strike’; the noun is via L. conflictus ‘a contest’.