Contention vs Opposition - What's the difference?
contention | opposition |
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 action of opposing or of being in conflict.
An opposite or contrasting position.
An opponent in some form of competition.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
(senseid)(politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
(legal) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
(chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
As nouns the difference between contention and opposition
is that contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate while opposition is the opposition, political opposition; opposition party.contention
English
(wikipedia contention)Noun
(en noun)- It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.
Synonyms
* gainstrife, (l), wranglingDerived terms
* bone of contentionExternal links
* * ----opposition
English
Noun
(en noun)Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition .}}