Condemns vs Contemns - What's the difference?
condemns | contemns |
(condemn)
To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.
To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
To scold sharply; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain
To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
(legal) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
As verbs the difference between condemns and contemns
is that condemns is third-person singular of condemn while contemns is third-person singular of contemn.condemns
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Verb
(head)condemn
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Verb
(en verb)- The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
- The president condemns the terrorist.
- The president condemns the terrorist attacks.