Contra vs Versus - What's the difference?
contra | versus |
(label) a deal to swap goods or services
(label) an entry that cancels another entry
any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass
contra dance
against, in opposition to.
compared with, as opposed to.
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Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like).
Versus is a synonym of contra.
As prepositions the difference between contra and versus
is that contra is against; contrary or opposed to while versus is against, in opposition to.As an adverb contra
is to the contrary to something.As a noun contra
is a deal to swap goods or services.As a conjunction versus is
Used to link two or more opposing or contrasting elements.contra
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(English prepositions)- It is the Packers versus the Steelers in the Super Bowl.
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- If, for example, we select random people entering a workout gym, versus if we pick random people entering a hospital, we will get very different samples.
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.