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Contest vs Exam - What's the difference?

contest | exam |

As nouns the difference between contest and exam

is that contest is controversy; debate while exam is form of Shortened form|examination|lang=en especially when meaning test or in compound terms.

As a verb contest

is to contend.

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

    exam

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) especially when meaning'' test ''or in compound terms.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.

    Derived terms

    * bar exam * blue book exam * clinical exam * cross-exam * cross-exam * direct exam * exam paper * final exam * oral exam * physical exam

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