Cleft vs Contention - What's the difference?
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An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
A piece made by splitting.
A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
(Webster 1913)
(cleave)
struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate
A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.
(computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
As nouns the difference between cleft and contention
is that cleft is an opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting while contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate.As a verb cleft
is past tense of cleave.cleft
English
Noun
(en noun)- a cleft of wood
Derived terms
* anal cleft * * cleft chin * cleft grafting * cleft foot * cleft lip * cleft palate * cleft stick * gluteal cleftSee also
* dimpleVerb
(head)contention
English
(wikipedia contention)Noun
(en noun)- It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.
