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Contended vs Asserted - What's the difference?

contended | asserted |

As verbs the difference between contended and asserted

is that contended is (contend) while asserted is (assert).

As an adjective asserted is

stated, declared or alleged, especially with confidence but no proof.

contended

English

Verb

(head)
  • (contend)
    • ----

    contend

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
  • * Bible, Deuteronomy ii. 9
    • The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle.
  • * Shakespeare
    • For never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of blood.
  • to struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
  • * Dryden
    • You sit above, and see vain men below / Contend for what you only can bestow.
  • to strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
  • * John Locke
    • The question which our author would contend for.
  • * Dr H. More
    • Many things he fiercely contended about were trivial.

    Synonyms

    * struggle, fight, combat, vie, strive, oppose, emulate, contest, litigate, dispute, debate

    Related terms

    * contender * contention * contentious

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    asserted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • stated, declared or alleged, especially with confidence but no proof

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (assert)

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