is a specific kind of: argue, contend, debate, fence.

is a broader term that covers: brawl, wrangle | spat | polemicise, polemicize, polemise, polemize | fall out.

derivation: contravention, dispute | combat, fight, fighting, scrap | conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute | arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt | dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle | debate, disputation, public debate | controversialist, disputant, eristic | battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper | quarreler, quarreller | combative, contentious, disputatious, disputative, litigious.