Contends vs Contents - What's the difference?
contends | contents |
(contend)
to strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
* Bible, Deuteronomy ii. 9
* Shakespeare
to struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
* Dryden
to strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
* John Locke
* Dr H. More
(usually plural) That which is contained.
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, title=Internal Combustion
, chapter=1 (pluralonly) A table of contents, a list of chapters, etc. in a book, and the page numbers on which they start.
As verbs the difference between contends and contents
is that contends is (contend) while contents is (content).As a noun contents is
.contends
English
Verb
(head)contend
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(en verb)- The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle.
- For never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of blood.
- You sit above, and see vain men below / Contend for what you only can bestow.
- The question which our author would contend for.
- Many things he fiercely contended about were trivial.
Synonyms
* struggle, fight, combat, vie, strive, oppose, emulate, contest, litigate, dispute, debateExternal links
* *contents
English
Noun
(head)- It is not covered in your homeowner's policy. You need contents insurance.
- The contents of the cup had a familiar aroma.
citation, passage=Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,
- I always start a book by reading the dustjacket and the contents before I really dig in to the content itself.