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Contented vs Contested - What's the difference?

contented | contested |

As verbs the difference between contented and contested

is that contented is past tense of content while contested is past tense of contest.

As adjectives the difference between contented and contested

is that contented is satisfied while contested is controversial; contentious; debated.

contented

English

Verb

(head)
  • (content)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • satisfied
  • * 1795 , ISSN 0037-7333, volume 4, number 3, June 2010, page 72:
    • "I shall now die contented ," [Boswell] breathed, "since I have lived to see the present day."

    contested

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • controversial; contentious; debated

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (contest)