English > quarrel: 3 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | An angry dispute. |
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| Example | "they had a quarrel" |
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| Synonyms | wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup |
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| Narrower | affray, altercation, fracas | noisy quarrel |
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| bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss | A quarrel about petty points |
| bust-up | A serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship) |
| Broader | dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict | A disagreement or argument about something important |
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| Spanish | altercado, brega, camorra, choque, discusión, disputa, dustup, encontrón, palabras, pelea, pelotera, pleito, reyerta, riña, roce, trifulca |
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| Catalan | baralla, batussa, brega, disputa, dustup, renyina |
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| Verbs | quarrel | have a disagreement over something |
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English > quarrel: 3 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | Have a disagreement over something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Model | Sam and Sue quarrel; Sam wants to quarrel with Sue |
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| Example | "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America" |
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| Synonyms | dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate |
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| Narrower | brawl, wrangle | To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively |
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| fall out | Have a breach in relations / relations |
| polemize, polemise, polemicize, polemicise | Engage in a controversy |
| spat | Engage in a brief and petty quarrel |
| Broader | argue, contend, debate, fence | Have an argument about something |
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| Spanish | altercar, discutirse, disputar, pelearse |
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| Catalan | barallar-se, discutir-se, discutir, disputar |
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| Nouns | quarrel | an angry dispute |
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| quarreler, quarreller | a disputant who quarrels |
