Broil vs Contest - What's the difference?
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Broil is a synonym of contest. In lang=en terms the difference between broil and contest is that broil is (obsolete) to brawl while contest is to strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend. As verbs the difference between broil and contest is that broil is to cook by direct, radiant heat or broil can be to cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil while contest is to contend. As nouns the difference between broil and contest is that broil is food prepared by broiling or broil can be (archaic) a brawl; a rowdy disturbance while contest is (uncountable) controversy; debate.
broil English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) broillen, .
(etyl) .
Verb
( en verb)
To cook by direct, radiant heat.
To expose to great heat.
To be exposed to great heat.
Noun
( en noun)
Food prepared by broiling.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Verb
( en verb)
to cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil
(obsolete) to brawl
Noun
( en noun)
(archaic) A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.
* 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act I, verses 1-2
- So, I am safe emerged from these broils ! / Amid the wreck of thousands I am whole
* Burke
- I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will which will cause innumerable broils , place men in what situation you please.
* 1840 , Robert Chambers, ?William Chambers, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal (volume 8, page 382)
- Since the provinces declared their independence, broils and squabblings of one sort and another have greatly retarded the advancement which they might otherwise have made.
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contest English
Noun
(uncountable) Controversy; debate.
- no contest
(uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
(countable) A competition.
- The child entered the spelling contest .
Synonyms
* (controversy) controversy, debate, discussion
* (combat) battle, combat, fight
* (competition) competition, pageant
Derived terms
(Terms derived from the noun "contest")
* contest shape
* fashion contest
* no contest
* pissing contest
* popularity contest
* wet t-shirt contest
* will contest
Verb
( en verb)
To contend.
- I will contest for the open seat on the board.
* Alexander Pope
- Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest ?
* Bishop Burnet
- The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory.
To call into question; to oppose.
- The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.
* J. D. Morell
- Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequently repeated, few more contested than this.
To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
- The troops contested every inch of ground.
(legal) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
Synonyms
* (contend) compete, contend, go in for
* (oppose) call into question, oppose
Antonyms
* (oppose) support
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