battle vs bicker

battle

verb
  • To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with. 

  • To render (land, soil, etc.) fertile or fruitful. 

  • To feed or nourish (someone or something). 

  • To join in battle; to contend in fight 

noun
  • A contest, a struggle. 

  • A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement. 

  • battle buddy 

adj
  • Improving; nutritious; fattening. 

  • Fertile; fruitful. 

bicker

verb
  • To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. 

  • To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner. 

  • To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.) 

  • To patter. 

noun
  • A skirmish; an encounter. 

  • The process by which selective eating clubs at Princeton University choose new members. 

  • A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention. 

  • A wooden drinking-cup or other dish. 

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