Difference between Confrontations and Showdown

CONFRONTATIONS vs SHOWDOWN: NOUN

The final round in a poker match, where the all remaining players' cards have to be put down on the table and shown
The final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor
The laying down of the players' cards face up to determine the winner of the pot in poker.
An event, especially a confrontation, that forces an issue to a conclusion.
A hostile disagreement face-to-face

Hostilities, Rivalries, Fights, Disputes, Feuds, Conflicts, Quarrels, Encounters, Standoffs, Battles, Skirmishes, Clashes, Opposition, Encounter, Showdown

Finality, Face, Crucial, Strife, Reckoning, Decisive, Gunfight, Shootout, Match, Standoff, Duels, Duel, Clash, Encounter, Confrontation

Tussles, Scuffles, Altercations, Struggles, Contradictions, Confronting, Fighting, Conflagrations, Hostilities, Fights, Disputes, Battles, Opposition, Encounter, Showdown

Critical, Conclusive, Resolute, Matching, Face, Crucial, Strife, Decisive, Gunfight, Shootout, Match, Standoff, Duels, Encounter, Confrontation

Pilate had numerous confrontations with his Jewish subjects.
Anticipates and takes steps to prevent counterproductive confrontations.
Treat officials and opponents with respect, avoid confrontations.
Typically, confrontations involve angry words and possibly fists.
Save your big guns for those crucial confrontations.
Parents should avoid physical confrontations during this stage.
The department says it could help deescalate confrontations.
According to COI, confrontations between the progovernment forces and insurgent groups, as well as confrontations between different, insurgent groups take place across Afghanistan.
This does not include verbal confrontations or other minor confrontations.
Sometimes confrontations occur, but they are stimulating confrontations.

But nothing, apparently, came of the anticipated showdown.
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Hero may have a showdown with the murderer.
British Middleweight title showdown against rival John Ryder.
Istvaan III story and the Daemon Fulgrim showdown.
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Coulter outlines incentives for derry showdown - (Titel).
It's not a showdown for first place, but it's a showdown of two of the Western Conference's hottest teams since Christmas.
Scripts: Showdown, Beyond Boundaries and the Verdict as a foundation: Showdown Beyond.