verb
- Be in conflict.
- usage: "The two proposals conflict"
- synonyms: conflict
- Go against, as of rules and laws.
- usage: "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
- synonyms: conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene
adjective
- In disagreement."the figures are at odds with our findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness- John Morley
- synonyms: at odds, contradictory, self-contradictory
- On bad terms.
- usage: "they were usually at odds over politics"; "conflicting opinions"
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