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difference(noun, state, trouble, fight, dispute)
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dissent(noun, state, trouble, fight, dispute)
13
antagonism(noun, action, event, fight, dispute)
13
battle(noun, verb, support, action, trouble)
13
combat(noun, support, action, trouble, fight)
13
feud(noun, fight, dispute, split, speech)
13
friction(noun, support, state, trouble, fight)
13
war(noun, state, action, fight, dispute)
12
dissidence(noun, state, trouble, fight, dispute)
12
hostility(noun, action, fight, dispute, dislike)
12
position(noun, line, claim, argument, notion)
12
wrangle(noun, trouble, fight, dispute, split)
11
discordance(noun, state, dispute, conflict, disagreement)
11
disharmony(noun, conflict, disagreement, discord, resistance)
11
disputation(noun, dispute, disagreement, argument, difference)
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enmity(noun, dispute, dislike, conflict, disagreement)
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thesis(noun, position, belief, claim, argument)
10
variance(noun, state, trouble, fight, dispute)
9
dissonance(noun, state, dispute, conflict, disagreement)
9
disunity(noun, trouble, fight, dispute, split)
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