Contention vs Strife - What's the difference?
contention | strife |
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.
Conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.
Strife is a synonym of contention.
As nouns the difference between contention and strife
is that contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate while strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.contention
English
(wikipedia contention)Noun
(en noun)- It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.