conflicting Definition

conflict
noun

1. Disagreement; fierce argument; a quarrel.

Thesaurus: struggle, strife, feud, quarrel, battle, engagement, confrontation, encounter, warfare; antagonism, discord, dissension, dispute, argument, hostility, friction; Antonym: concord.
2. A clash between different aims, interests, ideas, etc.
3. A struggle, fight or battle, usually on a lesser scale than a war.
4. psychol.
In an individual: a clash between two incompatible desires or needs, sometimes leading to emotional turmoil.

verb, intr conflicted, conflicting

1. To be incompatible or in opposition.

Example: The demands of a career often conflict with those of family life
Thesaurus: clash, struggle, contend, contest, oppose; differ, dissent, dispute, collide, lock horns; Antonym: agree.
2. To fight.

Derivative: conflicting
adj

Contradictory or opposite
Thesaurus: inconsistent, contrary, contradictory, opposite, antagonistic, paradoxical; discordant, turbulent, ambivalent.

Derivative: confliction
noun

Etymology: 15c: from Latin confligere, conflictum to dash together or clash.