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Combat vs Contravene - What's the difference?

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Combat is a related term of contravene.


In lang=en terms the difference between combat and contravene

is that combat is to fight with; to struggle for victory against while contravene is to deny the truth of something.

As verbs the difference between combat and contravene

is that combat is to fight with; to struggle for victory against while contravene is to act contrary to an order, or fail to conform to a regulation.

As a noun combat

is a battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.

combat

English

(wikipedia combat)

Noun

  • A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.
  • *
  • *:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat : "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
    • , volume=100, issue=2, page=87, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , passage=Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat .}}

    Derived terms

    * combat pay

    Verb

  • To fight with; to struggle for victory against.
  • * Milton
    • To combat with a blind man I disdain.

    Anagrams

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    contravene

    English

    Verb

    (contraven)
  • To act contrary to an order, or fail to conform to a regulation.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 24 , author=Adam Gabbatt , title=Canada student protests erupt into political crisis with mass arrests , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Some legal experts argue that the bill contravenes Canada's charter of rights and freedoms. Montreal constitutional lawyer Julius Grey told the Vancouver Sun that Bill 78 was "flagrantly unconstitutional".}}
  • To deny the truth of something.

    • Related terms

    * contravention

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