Battle
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories. To assail in battle; to fight.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat. A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life. A division of an army; a battalion. The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.
War
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To engage in conflict with someone or something
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A conflict involving the organized use of arms and physical force between countries or other large-scale armed groups. The warring parties hold territory, which they can win or lose; and each has a leading person or organization which can surrender, or collapse, thus ending the war.By extension, any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict.A campaign against something. E.g., the war on drugs is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs; the war on terror is a campaign against terrorist crime.A particular card game for two players.
Example sentence: War is a defeat for humanity.