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Synonyms
quar·rel1 (kwôŕəl, kwŏŕ-)

[Middle English querele, from Old French, complaint, from Latin querella, querēla, from querī, to complain.]

noun 

  1. An angry dispute; an altercation.
  2. A cause of a dispute or an argument: We have no quarrel with the findings of the committee.

intransitive verb: -reled or -relled, -rel·ing or -rel·ling, -rels or -rels 

  1. To engage in a quarrel; dispute angrily. See synonyms at argue
  2. To disagree; differ: I quarrel with your conclusions.
  3. To find fault; complain.

derivatives

quaŕrel·er
noun
quar·rel2 (kwôŕəl, kwŏŕ-)

[Middle English quarel, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin* quadrellus, diminutive of Late Latin quadrus, square, from Latin quadrum.]

noun 

  1. A bolt for a crossbow.
  2. A tool, such as a stonemason's chisel, that has a squared head.
  3. A small diamond-shaped or square pane of glass in a latticed window.