A conflict waged only as a battle of words
Dispute over the meaning of words
An altercation, quarrel, argument.
A superstition or freet.
Stubborn insistence.
An accusation or serious charge.
To denounce.
To cozen or cheat.
To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; to insist (on).
To cry out; complain; contend.
To contradict.
To argue; bicker; scold; rebuke
To affirm; to express with conviction.