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Contradictory vs Inspect - What's the difference?

contradictory | inspect |

As an adjective contradictory

is that contradicts something, such as an argument.

As a noun contradictory

is any of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.

As a verb inspect is

to examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.

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

    Related terms

    * contradictorious

    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

    inspect

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enspect

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
  • To view and examine officially.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}

    Derived terms

    * inspector * inspection

    Anagrams

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