different between squabble vs disagree

English

Etymology

1600s, probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish dialectal skvabbel (“a dispute, quarrel, gossip”), Norwegian dialectal skvabba (“to prattle”), German dialectal schwabbeln (“to babble, prattle”), Swedish dialectal skvappa (“to chide, scold”, literally “make a splash”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?skw?bl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?skw??bl/
• Rhymes: -?b?l

Noun

squabble (plural squabbles)

1. A minor fight or argument.

   The children got into a squabble about who should ride in the front of the car.

Derived terms

• squabbly

Translations

Verb

squabble (third-person singular simple present squabbles, present participle squabbling, simple past and past participle squabbled)

1. (intransitive) To participate in a minor fight or argument; to quarrel.

   The brothers were always squabbling with each other.

   • I. Watts

     The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.

2. (transitive, printing) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.

   to squabble type

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:squabble

Derived terms

• squabbler

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English disagre (“to refuse to assent to”), from Anglo-Norman disagreer, disagrer, desagreer (“to refuse assent”), from Old French desagreer, desagrëer (“to be disagreeable; to be unpleasant”) (modern French désagréer (“to displease”)); the English word is analysable as dis- +? agree.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s????i?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s????i/
• Rhymes: -i?
• Hyphenation: dis?a?gree

Verb

disagree (third-person singular simple present disagrees, present participle disagreeing, simple past and past participle disagreed)

1. (intransitive) To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.

   Synonym: beg to differ

2. (intransitive) To fail to conform or correspond with.

Usage notes

• This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

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