Contention vs Assertion - What's the difference?
contention | assertion |
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.
The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
(computing) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
As nouns the difference between contention and assertion
is that contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate while assertion is the act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.contention
English
(wikipedia contention)Noun
(en noun)- It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.