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Conspiracy vs Contradictory - What's the difference?

conspiracy | contradictory |

As nouns the difference between conspiracy and contradictory

is that conspiracy is the act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations while contradictory is (logic) any of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.

As an adjective contradictory is

that contradicts something, such as an argument.

conspiracy

Noun

(conspiracies)
  • The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
  • (legal) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
  • A group of ravens.
  • (linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
  • Derived terms

    * conspiracy of silence * conspiracy theory

    contradictory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That contradicts something, such as an argument.
  • That is itself a contradiction.
  • That is diametrically opposed to something.
  • * Addison
  • Schemes contradictory to common sense.
  • Mutually exclusive.
  • Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
  • Derived terms

    * contradictorily * contradictoriness

    Synonyms

    * opposite * (mutually exclusive ) incompatible

    Noun

    (contradictories)
  • (logic) Any of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.
  • *
  • Hyponyms

    * negation

    See also

    * oxymoron * paradox