a war of words

a long argument between two people or groups (often + between ) The war of words between the two rivals for the presidency continues to dominate the news bulletins. (often + over ) The article describes the war of words over acid rain.

See a battle of nerves

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shakuntala	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Ural	-	Bashkir
Brigitte	bree-GI-tə (German), bree-ZHEET (French)	German, French
Iria	-	Portuguese, Galician
Zohar	-	Hebrew
Gunther	GUWN-ter	German