different between battel vs conflict

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English batel, batayle from Old French bataille, from Late Latin batt?lia, variant of battu?lia (“military exercises”), from Latin battu? (“to strike, hit, beat, fight”), from a Gaulish root, from Proto-Indo-European *b?ed?- (“to stab, dig”). Doublet of battalia and battle.

Alternative forms

• batail, battle

Noun

battel (plural battels)

1. Archaic spelling of battle.
2. (Britain, law, obsolete) A single combat.

   trial by battel; wager of battel

Etymology 2

Adjective

battel (comparative more battel, superlative most battel)

1. (obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive

   • a battel soil for grain, for pasture good

Verb

battel (third-person singular simple present battels, present participle battelling, simple past and past participle battelled)

1. (transitive) To make fertile.
   • 1670, John Ray, Collection of English proverbs - Devonshire

     to battel barren land

2. (transitive, intransitive, Britain, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.
3. (intransitive, Britain, Oxford University) To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.

Noun

battel (countable and uncountable, plural battels)

1. (Britain, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
2. (Britain, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.
3. (Britain, Eton College, obsolete) A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance

Further reading

• battel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• battle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Battle, batlet, battle, tablet

English

Etymology

From Latin conflictus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• Noun
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?n.fl?kt/
  • (US) enPR: k?n'fl?kt, IPA^(key): /?k?n.fl?kt/
• Verb
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n?fl?kt/
  • (US) enPR: k?nfl?kt', k?n'fl?kt, IPA^(key): /k?n?fl?kt/, /?k?n.fl?kt/

Noun

conflict (countable and uncountable, plural conflicts)

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

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

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

conflict (third-person singular simple present conflicts, present participle conflicting, simple past and past participle conflicted)

1. (intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
2. (intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

   Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.

   It appears that our schedules conflict.

Derived terms

• conflicted

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “conflict”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• conflict at OneLook Dictionary Search

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?nfl?ctus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?fl?kt/
• Hyphenation: con?flict
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

conflict n (plural conflicten, diminutive conflictje n)

1. A conflict, clash or dispute

Derived terms

• belangenconflict
• conflictdiamant
• conflicthaard
• conflictmineraal
• conflictsituatie
• conflictstof

Related terms

• conflictueus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: konflik
• ? Indonesian: konflik
• ? West Frisian: konflikt

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin conflictus

Noun

conflict n (plural conflicte)

1. conflict

Declension