Compromise vs. Conflict — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Compromise and Conflict
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Compromise
To compromise is to make a deal between different parties where each party gives up part of their demand. In arguments, compromise is a concept of finding agreement through communication, through a mutual acceptance of terms—often involving variations from an original goal or desires.
Conflict
A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one
The eternal conflict between the sexes
Doctors often come into conflict with politicians
Compromise
An agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
Eventually they reached a compromise
The secret of a happy marriage is compromise
Conflict
Be incompatible or at variance; clash
The date for the match conflicted with a religious festival
Parents' and children's interests sometimes conflict
Compromise
The expedient acceptance of standards that are lower than is desirable
Sexism should be tackled without compromise
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Conflict
A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.
Compromise
Settle a dispute by mutual concession
In the end we compromised and deferred the issue
Conflict
A state of disagreement or disharmony between persons or ideas; a clash
A conflict over water rights.
Compromise
Expediently accept standards that are lower than is desirable
We were not prepared to compromise on safety
Conflict
(Psychology) An emotional or mental disturbance resulting from the opposition or simultaneous functioning of mutually exclusive impulses, desires, or tendencies.
Compromise
Bring into disrepute or danger by indiscreet, foolish, or reckless behaviour
Situations in which his troops could be compromised
Conflict
Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially when motivating or shaping the action of the plot.
Compromise
A settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions.
Conflict
To be in or come into opposition; differ.
Compromise
The result of such a settlement.
Conflict
(Archaic) To engage in warfare.
Compromise
Something that combines qualities or elements of different things
The incongruous design is a compromise between high tech and early American.
Conflict
A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
The conflict between the government and the rebels began three years ago.
Compromise
A weakening or reduction of one's principles or standards
A compromise of morality.
Conflict
An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
I wanted to attend the meeting but there's a conflict in my schedule that day.
Compromise
Impairment, as by disease or injury
Physiological compromise.
Conflict
(intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
Compromise
To arrive at a settlement by making concessions.
Conflict
(intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.
Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.
It appears that our schedules conflict.
Compromise
To reduce the quality, value, or degree of something, such as one's ideals.
Conflict
A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.
Compromise
To expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
A secret mission that was compromised and had to be abandoned.
Conflict
A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
As soon as he [Atterbury] was himself again, he became eager for action and conflict.
An irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces.
Compromise
To reduce in quality, value, or degree; weaken or lower
Don't compromise your standards.
Conflict
To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide.
Fire and water conflicting together.
Compromise
To impair, as by disease or injury
An immune system that was compromised by a virus.
Conflict
To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.
A man would be content to . . . conflict with great difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward.
Compromise
To settle by mutual concessions
A dispute that was compromised.
Conflict
To be in opposition; to be contradictory.
The laws of the United States and of the individual States may, in some cases, conflict with each other.
Compromise
The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
Conflict
An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);
The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph
Police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs
Compromise
A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
A compromise of character or right
Conflict
Opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings;
He was immobilized by conflict and indecision
Compromise
(computer security) A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.
Conflict
A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;
Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
He lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
Compromise
(ambitransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
Conflict
A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests;
His conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post
A conflict of loyalties
Compromise
To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
Conflict
An incompatibility of dates or events;
He noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings
Compromise
(intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
Conflict
Opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot);
This form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing
Compromise
To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
Conflict
A disagreement or argument about something important;
He had a dispute with his wife
There were irreconcilable differences
The familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
Compromise
(transitive) To cause impairment of.
Conflict
Be in conflict;
The two proposals conflict!
Compromise
(transitive) To breach (a security system).
They tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password.
Conflict
Go against, as of rules and laws;
He ran afould of the law
This behavior conflicts with our rules
Compromise
A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.
Compromise
A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement.
But basely yielded upon compromiseThat which his noble ancestors achieved with blows.
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions.
Compromise
A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.
I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them.
Compromise
To bind by mutual agreement; to agree.
Laban and himself were compromisedThat all the eanlings which were streaked and piedShould fall as Jacob's hire.
Compromise
To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
The controversy may easily be compromised.
Compromise
To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances.
Compromise
To agree; to accord.
Compromise
To make concession for conciliation and peace.
Compromise
A middle way between two extremes
Compromise
An accommodation in which both sides make concessions;
The newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'
Compromise
Make a compromise; arrive at a compromise;
Nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise
Compromise
Settle by concession
Compromise
Expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute;
The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy
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