Contest vs Opponent - What's the difference?
contest | opponent |
(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.
An individual or group who is a rival of another.
One who attempts to stop the progression of.
One who objects to.
In team sports, a player of an opposite team.
Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
As nouns the difference between contest and opponent
is that contest is controversy; debate while opponent is an individual or group who is a rival of another.As a verb contest
is to contend.As an adjective opponent is
situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.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) supportopponent
English
Noun
(en noun)Antonyms
* supporter * proponent * advocateAdjective
(en adjective)- (Alexander Pope)
