Conflict vs. Coincide — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Conflict and Coincide
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Conflict
A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one
The eternal conflict between the sexes
Doctors often come into conflict with politicians
Coincide
Occur at the same time
Publication is timed to coincide with a major exhibition
Conflict
Be incompatible or at variance; clash
The date for the match conflicted with a religious festival
Parents' and children's interests sometimes conflict
Coincide
Correspond in nature; tally
The interests of employers and employees do not always coincide
Conflict
A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.
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Coincide
To occupy the same relative position or the same area in space.
Conflict
A state of disagreement or disharmony between persons or ideas; a clash
A conflict over water rights.
Coincide
To happen at the same time or during the same period.
Conflict
(Psychology) An emotional or mental disturbance resulting from the opposition or simultaneous functioning of mutually exclusive impulses, desires, or tendencies.
Coincide
To correspond exactly; be identical.
Conflict
Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially when motivating or shaping the action of the plot.
Coincide
To agree exactly, as in opinion; concur.
Conflict
To be in or come into opposition; differ.
Coincide
To occupy exactly the same space.
The two squares coincide nicely.
Conflict
(Archaic) To engage in warfare.
Coincide
To occur at the same time.
The conference will coincide with his vacation.
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.
Coincide
To correspond, concur, or agree.
Our ideas coincide, except in certain areas.
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.
Coincide
To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.
If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it would have rendered the annual revoluton of the earth useless.
Conflict
(intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
Coincide
To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America.
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.
Coincide
To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; as, our aims coincide.
The rules of right jugdment and of good ratiocination often coincide with each other.
Conflict
A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.
Coincide
Go with, fall together
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.
Coincide
Happen simultaneously;
The two events coincided
Conflict
To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide.
Fire and water conflicting together.
Coincide
Be the same;
Our views on this matter coincided
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.
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.
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
Conflict
Opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings;
He was immobilized by conflict and indecision
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
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
Conflict
An incompatibility of dates or events;
He noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings
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
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
Conflict
Be in conflict;
The two proposals conflict!
Conflict
Go against, as of rules and laws;
He ran afould of the law
This behavior conflicts with our rules
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