Containment vs Contention - What's the difference?
containment | contention |
(uncountable) The state of being contained.
(uncountable, countable) The state of containing.
(uncountable, countable) Something contained.
(uncountable, countable) a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
(countable) a physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
(countable, mathematics) an inclusion
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 containment and contention
is that containment is (uncountable) the state of being contained while contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate.containment
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See also
*("containment" on Wikipedia)contention
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(wikipedia contention)Noun
(en noun)- It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.