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Contended vs Ecstatic - What's the difference?

contended | ecstatic |

As a verb contended

is (contend).

As an adjective ecstatic is

feeling or characterized by ecstasy.

As a noun ecstatic is

(in the plural) transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.

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

    External links

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    ecstatic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ecstatick (obsolete) * extatic (obsolete) * extatick (obsolete) * extatique (qualifier)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
  • Extremely happy.
  • *
  • Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.
    • ecstatic''' gaze; '''ecstatic trance
  • * Hammond
    • This ecstatic fit of love and jealousy.

    Synonyms

    * blissful * delirious * elated * euphoric * joyful * joyous

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in the plural) Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , III.11:
    • I think that Dante's more abstruse ecstatics / Meant to personify the Mathematics.