The phrase "a conflict of terms" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing discrepancies or disagreements in terminology or definitions within a specific context.
Example: "The debate became heated due to a conflict of terms regarding the definition of 'sustainability' among the participants."
Alternatives: "a disagreement in terminology" or "a clash of definitions".
Indeed, not only would this go beyond the fund's specific remit, it would also create a conflict of interests in terms of eroding the separation between purchaser and provider.
Many health-related behaviors typically involve a conflict of considerations for long-term outcomes such as improved fitness with preferences for outcomes close in time, such as staying on the couch to watch television.
In general terms, a conflict of interest exists when an author "has financial or personal relationships that inappropriately influence (bias) his or her actions".
This conflict of terms and their implications should be addressed to provide a uniform and clear definition for its use amongst the pediatricians and the hospital personnel.
The explicit terms of the Constitution, in other words, can create a conflict of approved values, and the explicit terms of the Constitution do not resolve that conflict when it arises.
The former governor, Benjamin J. Cayetano, said last week that the state should not have selected the law firm, Winston & Strawn of Chicago, because of what he termed a conflict of interest.
If you already understand this conflict of terms, you have already given of yourself.
Time magazine writer William Henry III, who I'd later learn was a closeted bisexual man (and thus had a conflict of interest), coined the negative, violent term "outing" regarding OutWeek's reporting, and it blew up big-time after my cover story, "The Secret Gay Life of Malcolm Forbes".
Baseball says McCourt has a conflict of interest, but a Dodgers spokesman said in a statement that "there is no conflict of interest in terms of the Highbridge" financing proposal.
"With a joint product, there's always a conflict in terms of resources," Goldstein shrugs.
