Defn: Tending to conflict; conflicting. Sir W. Hamilton.
CONFLUENCE
Con"flu*ence, n. [L. confluentia.]
1. The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.
New York stood at the confluence of two rivers.
Bancroft.
2. Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.
You see this confluence, this great flood of vistors.
Shak.
The confluence . . . of all true joys.
Boyle.
CONFLUENT Con"flu*ent, a. [L. confluens, -entis, p. pr. of confluere, -fluxum; con- + fluere to flow. See Fluent.]
1. Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.
These confluent steams make some great river's head.
Blackmore.