Contended vs Grateful - What's the difference?
contended | grateful |
(contend)
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to strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
* Bible, Deuteronomy ii. 9
* Shakespeare
to struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
* Dryden
to strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
* John Locke
* Dr H. More
Showing appreciation, being thankful.
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Recognizing the importance of a source of pleasure.
Pleasing, welcome.
* Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
* Herman Melville, Omoo
As a verb contended
is (contend).As an adjective grateful is
showing appreciation, being thankful.contended
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Verb
(head)contend
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(en verb)- The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle.
- For never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of blood.
- You sit above, and see vain men below / Contend for what you only can bestow.
- The question which our author would contend for.
- Many things he fiercely contended about were trivial.
Synonyms
* struggle, fight, combat, vie, strive, oppose, emulate, contest, litigate, dispute, debateExternal links
* *grateful
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(Gratitude)Alternative forms
* gratefull (archaic)Adjective
(en-adj)- I'm grateful that you helped me out.
- I'm grateful to you for helping me out
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The Skeleton in Armor:
- Fell I upon my spear, / Oh, death was grateful !
- grateful underfoot was the damp and slightly yielding beach, from which the waves seemed just retired.