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Contentious vs Discordful - What's the difference?

contentious | discordful |

As adjectives the difference between contentious and discordful

is that contentious is marked by heated arguments or controversy while discordful is (rare) full of discord; contentious, quarrelsome.

contentious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 19 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Ukraine , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Ukraine, however, will complain long and hard about a contentious second-half incident when Marko Devic's shot clearly crossed the line before it was scrambled away by John Terry, only for the officials to remain unmoved.}}
  • Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * contentiously * contentiousness

    Related terms

    * contend * contender * contention

    References

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    discordful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Full of discord; contentious, quarrelsome.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.4:
  • *:But Blandamour full of vainglorious spright, / And rather stird by his discordfull Dame, / Upon them gladly would have prov'd his might […].