Difference between Fighting and Militant

Fighting

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: engaged in war or other conflict apt to provoke a fight

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight

Example sentence: The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

Militant

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: aggressive or combativefighting or warlike; belligerentActive in an aggressive way in support of a political or social cause (often associated with extreme left-wing politics).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An aggressive or fighting person.One who serves as a soldier.One who supports a Trotskyite political view or engages in aggressive left-wing politics.

Example sentence: I was a militant.