A quarrel is a dispute.
A quarrel is a dispute , a fight , a quarrel , an argument or a debate . The term comes from the verb contend (battle, altercation, deal).
For example: "Last night, at the bar, a fight broke out between two men for political reasons," "The manager said he will not tolerate another fight between employees," "The Mexican Víctor Ramos del Puente won the fight and stayed with the world title .
Contention as war
Specifically, we can clarify that the term in question comes, etymologically speaking, from Latin and more precisely from the Latin verb contendere . This is made up of the prefix con- , which is synonymous with "jointly", and tendere , which can be translated as "to address".
Starting from that meaning, we would have to explain that conflict is also synonymous with battle or war . Hence, throughout history it has been used on many occasions to refer to the harsh military confrontations that have taken place both within nations, between two sides, and between states.
Thus, for example, within the Spanish War of Independence, the Valdepeñas war should be highlighted, which took place on June 6, 1808 and which resulted in an uprising of the Castilian-La Mancha people that gave its name to that war against the French troops.
A boxing fight can be called a contest.
The term in sport
The concept is usually used in the field of sport to name sessions of disciplines that involve some type of physical confrontation, such as boxing , judo or fencing . Each contest produces a result (victory for one athlete and defeat for another, or a draw) depending on the performance of the participants.
In boxing, the result of the fight can be produced by knock out or knockout (when one of the athletes fails to get up before a specific period of time due to the damage inflicted by his rival), technical knockout (if the referee considers that the fighter can no longer continue in the fight or if the participant falls three times in the same round) or points (a jury establishes a score for each boxer according to the number of blows he landed in the fight).
The notion of contest can also be used in a symbolic sense to refer to any sporting confrontation : "FC Barcelona beat Real Madrid 1-0 in the fourth contest between both teams in the last month" , "Cerro Porteño emerged victorious of the contest and returned with a valuable victory to Paraguay .
Other uses of the notion of contention
In addition to all of the above, we would also have to emphasize that in the Spanish region of Extremadura there is a district called San Benito de la Contienda . It belongs to the municipality of Olivenza , has a total of 566 inhabitants and is located about 220 meters above sea level.
Contention, in another context, can be used to name the debate or discussion : "The mayor preferred not to get involved in the contention and assured that he respects the opinions of the opponents."
Finally, it must be emphasized that there is also what is known as a jurisdictional dispute . It is a term used within the field of law and justice, which is used to refer to the conflict that, in terms of jurisdiction, is established regarding powers over a given topic.