conflict

bump, clash, collide, conflict

这些动词均含“碰撞”之意。
bump: 主要指具体东西的有力碰撞，也可指碰到困难或障碍。
clash: 指有力的或带有金属碰击声的打、敲或相互冲击。
collide: 多指带毁坏性的猛烈相撞，也可指严重的直接冲突。
conflict: 这个词以前可表具体东西的撞击，现在常指冲突或对立。

controversy, argument, conflict, debate, dispute, quarrel, strife

这组名词均有“争执、不和”之意。
controversy: 侧重指深刻的意见分歧，多指对引起广泛兴趣或非常重要的问题的辨论。
argument: 指辩论双方均以事实或理由来说服对方的辨论。
conflict: 指双方坚持已见、互不妥协，怀有敌意的争论，多暗示分歧极为严重，有时用语言无法解决，只得诉诸武力。
debate: 通常指经过仔细组织和计划的个人或团体之间的辩论。
dispute: 普通用词，侧重指长时间，言词激烈，针锋相对的争辩。
quarrel: 普通用词，既可指言词激烈的争吵，也可指温和的言词上的不和。
strife: 指因不可缓和的矛盾而引起的争吵或斗殴。

名词 conflict:

1. an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
   同义词：struggle, battle
2. opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings
3. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
   同义词：battle, fight, engagement
4. a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
5. an incompatibility of dates or events
6. opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
7. a disagreement or argument about something important
   同义词：dispute, difference, difference of opinion

动词 conflict:

1. be in conflict
2. go against, as of rules and laws
   同义词：run afoul, infringe, contravene

1. Something is bound to happen one way or another to end the conflict or solve the problem.
   事情一定以某种方式发生以结束冲突或解决难题。
2. There has always been some conflict between the sexes.
   两性之间从来就有矛盾。
3. If so, your points of view are bound to conflict with his.
   如果这样的话，你的观点一定会和他的起冲突。
4. The long drawn-out conflict between the employers and workers led to the strike last week.
   劳资之间旷日持久的纠纷导致了上周的罢工。

con.flict

n.（名词）
A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.
战争：公开的长期的战斗的状态；战役或战争
A state of disharmony between incompatible or antithetical persons, ideas, or interests; a clash.
冲突：不相容或持不同见解的人思想或兴趣之间的矛盾；冲突
Psychology A psychic struggle, often unconscious, resulting from the opposition or simultaneous functioning of mutually exclusive impulses, desires, or tendencies.
【心理学】 心理挣扎：通常是潜意识的心理冲突，是由互相排斥的情感、欲望或倾向对立或同时起作用而引起的
Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially opposition that motivates or shapes the action of the plot.
冲突：戏剧或小说中人物或势力间的对立，尤指推动或影响故事情节的矛盾冲突
v.intr.（不及物动词）
con.flict.ed,con.flict.ing,con.flicts[k…n-flkt.]
To be in or come into opposition; differ.
对立或形成对立；不同
Archaic To engage in warfare.
【古语】 参加战斗

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Latin cônfloctus [collision] [from past participle of] cônflogere [to strike together]
源自 拉丁语 cônfloctus [冲撞] [] 源自cônflogere的过去分词 [一起斗争]
com- [com-]
com- [前缀，表.一起.]
flogere [to strike]
flogere [打击]

【引伸】
conflic.tion
n.（名词）
conflic.tive
adj.（形容词）
conflic.tual
<参考词汇><同义词>conflict,contest,combat,fight,affrayThese nouns denote struggle between opposing forces for victory or supremacy.
这些名词都是指两个对立势力为了取得胜利或优势而进行的争斗。
Conflict applies both to open fighting between hostile groups and to a struggle, often an inner struggle, between antithetical forces:
Conflict 用于指敌对组织的公开的战争或对立势力间的内部斗争：
例句：
.Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts.Life itself still remains a very effective therapist. (Karen Horney).
.幸运的是分析并不是解决内部冲突的唯一方法，生活本身就是一种非常好的治疗方法. （卡伦·赫尼）。

Contest can refer either to friendly competition or to a hostile struggle to achieve an objective:
Contest 可以指友好的竞争也可以指带有敌意的斗争：
例句：
an archery contest;
箭术比赛；

例句：
a spelling contest;
拼写比赛；

例句：
the gubernatorial contest.
当权者的斗争。

Combat most commonly implies an encounter between two armed persons or groups:
Combat 通常指两个人或军队之间的遭遇战：
例句：
.Alexander had appeared to him, armed for combat. (Connop Thirlwall).
.亚历山大大帝全副武装的出现在他面前. （康诺朴·塞沃尔）。

Fight usually refers to a clash, physical or figurative,involving individual adversaries:
Fight 通常指身体的或象征性的冲突，包括指个人的不幸：
例句：
A fight was scheduled between the world boxing champion and the challenger.
世界拳击冠军和挑战者之间将有一场比赛。

例句：
.There is nothing I love as much as a good fight. (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
.我最喜欢的就是一场漂亮的战争. （富兰克林·D·罗斯福）。

Affray suggests a public fight or brawl:
Affray 指一场公开的战斗或打架：
例句：
.Yet still the poachers came . . . for affrays in woods and on moors with liveried armies of keepers. (Patricia Morison).See also Synonyms at discord
.仍有侵入者…不断到树林和荒野中对身着制服的守卫军队骚扰挑衅. （帕特里夏·莫里森）参见同义词 discord