Contest vs Math - What's the difference?
contest | math |
(uncountable) Controversy; debate.
(uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
(countable) A competition.
To contend.
* Alexander Pope
* Bishop Burnet
To call into question; to oppose.
* J. D. Morell
To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
(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.
(uncountable, North America)
(uncountable, North America) Arithmetic]] [[calculation, calculations; .
(countable, North America) A math course.
As nouns the difference between contest and math
is that contest is (uncountable) controversy; debate while math is a mowing; what is gathered from mowing or math can be (uncountable|north america) or math can be (hinduism|jainism).As a verb contest
is to contend.contest
English
Noun
- no contest
- The child entered the spelling contest .
Synonyms
* (controversy) controversy, debate, discussion * (combat) battle, combat, fight * (competition) competition, pageantDerived terms
(Terms derived from the noun "contest") * contest shape * fashion contest * no contest * pissing contest * popularity contest * wet t-shirt contest * will contestVerb
(en verb)- I will contest for the open seat on the board.
- Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest ?
- The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory.
- The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.
- Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequently repeated, few more contested than this.
- The troops contested every inch of ground.
Synonyms
* (contend) compete, contend, go in for * (oppose) call into question, opposeAntonyms
* (oppose) supportmath
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) math, from (etyl) . See (l).Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
Contraction of mathematics.Alternative forms
* maths (qualifier)Noun
(mathematics)- If you do the math , you'll see that it’s not such a bargain.
- $170 a month? That doesn’t sound right. Let me check your math .
- They needed to take two more maths