What is the meaning of conflict?

noun

• An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals. )
  • usage: "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph-Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
  • synonyms: struggle, battle
• Opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings.
  • usage: "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
• A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war.
  • usage: "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
  • synonyms: battle, fight, engagement
• A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests.
  • usage: "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties"
• An incompatibility of dates or events.
  • usage: "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
• Opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot. )
  • usage: "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing"
• A disagreement or argument about something important.
  • usage: "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
  • synonyms: dispute, difference, difference of opinion

verb

• Be in conflict.
  • usage: "The two proposals conflict"
• Go against, as of rules and laws.
  • usage: "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
  • synonyms: run afoul, infringe, contravene