Contradict vs Set_aside - What's the difference?
contradict | set_aside | Related terms |
(obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.
*, New York 2001, p. 203:
To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).
To make a statement denying the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).
* Shakespeare
* Wordsworth
To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.
* Hooker
* Shakespeare
(idiomatic) To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
(idiomatic) To leave out of account; to omit or neglect.
* Tillotson
(idiomatic) To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.
(idiomatic) To declare something invalid or null and void.
Contradict is a related term of set_aside.
As verbs the difference between contradict and set_aside
is that contradict is (obsolete) to speak against; to forbid while set_aside is (idiomatic) to separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.contradict
English
Verb
(en verb)- magic hath been publically professed in former times, in Salamanca, Cracovia, and other places, though after censured by several universities, and now generally contradicted , though practised by some still […].
- His testimony contradicts hers.
- Everything he says contradicts me.
- Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, / And say it is not so.
- The future cannot contradict the past.
- No truth can contradict another truth.
- A greater power than we can contradict / Hath thwarted our intents.
Synonyms
* (l) * (l) * disconfirm * deny * dispute * question * gainsay * refute * controvert * disputeSee also
* gainsayset_aside
English
Verb
- Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.
- Setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavour to know the truth, and yield to that.