Contention vs Dissonance - What's the difference?
contention | dissonance | Related terms |
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.
a harsh, discordant combination of sounds
(music) conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding
a state of disagreement or conflict
Contention is a related term of dissonance.
As nouns the difference between contention and dissonance
is that contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate while dissonance is a harsh, discordant combination of sounds.contention
English
(wikipedia contention)Noun
(en noun)- It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.
