different between fighting vs combative

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa?t??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English feghtyng, fy?tynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, fe?tand, vi?tinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtan? (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight +? -ing.

Adjective

fighting

1. Engaged in war or other conflict.
2. Apt to provoke a fight.
   • 1925 April 11, "Books", in The New Yorker, page 26:

     It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains.

   • 1947, Hold That Lion! (film):

     Them's fighting words in my country!

   • 2003, Marjorie Kelly, The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ?ISBN, page xi:

     Those are fighting words, of course, and the people who presently hold the high ground of economic power in society will not be amused.

Translations

Verb

fighting

1. present participle of fight

Derived terms

• fighting chance

Etymology 2

From Middle English fightyng, fightynge, fi?tinge, fe?tyng, from Old English fihtung (“fighting”), equivalent to fight +? -ing.

Noun

fighting (countable and uncountable, plural fightings)

1. The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
2. A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight

Derived terms

• fighting fit
• fighting words

Descendants

• Korean: ??? (hwaiting)

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean ??? (hwaiting) or ??? (paiting), from English fighting.

Pronunciation

Interjection

fighting

1. (slang) go for it (to put maximum effort into achieving something)

   • ??????????????????????fighting? [MSC, trad.]
     ??????????????????????fighting? [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016, ?????????? ???????, ????

     Fùzh?ng liù nián, tàolù m?nm?n, y?dìng dài zhe x?xùn huílái! Fùzh?ngrén fighting! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   • ???????????????????????????fighting? [MSC, trad.]
     ???????????????????????????fighting? [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016, ????????? ?????????, ????

     Yùndònghuì sh? zh?nggè rén j?ngshén q?lái! Zhèngzài ch?ng xiàng m?ji?xiàn b?obaomen de hángliè zh?ng! Fighting! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   • ??fighting? [MSC, trad.]
     ??fighting? [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018, ?????????? ????“????”, ????

     Dà Qiáo fighting! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Usage notes

This expression doesn't mean "fighting", but an encouragement.

English

Etymology

combat +? -ive

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?m.b?.t?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k?m?bæ.t?v/

Adjective

combative (comparative more combative, superlative most combative)

1. Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:combative

Translations

French

Adjective

combative

1. feminine singular of combatif