Battle vs. War

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Main Difference

The main difference between Battle and War is that the Battle is a part of a war which is well defined in duration, area and force commitment and War is a organised and prolonged violent conflict between states

  • Battle

    A battle is a combat in warfare between two or more armed forces. A war usually consists of multiple battles. Battles generally are well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. A battle with only limited engagement between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish.

    Wars and military campaigns are guided by strategy, whereas battles take place on a level of planning and execution known as operational mobility. German strategist Carl von Clausewitz stated that “the employment of battles … to achieve the object of war” was the essence of strategy.

  • War

    War is a state of armed conflict between states, governments, societies and informal paramilitary groups, such as mercenaries, insurgents and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, aggression, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces. Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant suffering and casualties.

    The scholarly study of war is sometimes called polemology ( POL-ə-MOL-ə-jee), from the Greek polemos, meaning “war”, and -logy, meaning “the study of”.

    While some scholars see war as a universal and ancestral aspect of human nature, others argue it is a result of specific socio-cultural, economic, or ecological circumstances.

Wikipedia
  • Battle (noun)

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

  • Battle (noun)

    A struggle; a contest.

    “the battle of life”

  • Battle (noun)

    A division of an army; a battalion.

  • Battle (noun)

    The main body, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; battalia.

  • Battle (verb)

    To join in battle; to contend in fight

    “Scientists always battle over theories.”

    “She has been battling against cancer for years.”

  • Battle (verb)

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

    “She has been battling cancer for years.”

  • Battle (verb)

    To nourish; feed.

  • Battle (verb)

    To render (for example soil) fertile or fruitful

  • Battle (adjective)

    Improving; nutritious; fattening.

    “battle grass, battle pasture”

  • Battle (adjective)

    Fertile; fruitful.

    “battle soil, battle land”

  • War (noun)

    Organized, countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces.

    “The war was largely between Sunni and Shia militants.”

  • War (noun)

    A particular conflict of this kind.

  • War (noun)

    Any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict.

    “You look like you’ve been through the wars.”

  • War (noun)

    A campaign against something.

    “The “war on drugs” is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs.”

    “The “war on terror” is a campaign against terrorist crime.”

    “In the US, conservatives rail against the “war on Christmas”.”

  • War (noun)

    Instruments of war.

  • War (noun)

    Armed forces.

  • War (noun)

    A particular card game for two players, notable for having its outcome predetermined by how the cards are dealt.

  • War (verb)

    To engage in conflict (may be followed by “with” to specify the foe).

  • War (verb)

    To carry on, as a contest; to wage.

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