Contradiction vs Refutation - What's the difference?
contradiction | refutation |
(uncountable) The act of contradicting.
(countable) A statement that contradicts itself.
(countable) a logical incompatibility among two or more elements or propositions
(logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.
An act of refuting or disproving; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; confutation; disproof; evidence of falseness.
A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions
As nouns the difference between contradiction and refutation
is that contradiction is the act of contradicting while refutation is an act of refuting or disproving; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; confutation; disproof; evidence of falseness.contradiction
English
(wikipedia contradiction)Noun
- His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
- There is a contradiction in what you say - she can't be both married and single.
- Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.