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Controversial vs Controversal - What's the difference?

controversial | controversal |

As adjectives the difference between controversial and controversal

is that controversial is arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions while controversal is facing opposite directions.

controversial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.
  • * (rfdate) Macaulay:
    • Whole libraries of controversial books.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns often used with "controversial": topic, subject, work, author, method, etc.

    Synonyms

    * contentious * contested

    Antonyms

    * uncontroversial * noncontroversial * incontrovertible

    Derived terms

    * controversialness

    Related terms

    * controversialist * controversiality * controversy * controvert * controverter * controvertible

    See also

    * disputatious * polemical * disputable * controvertible * debatable

    External links

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    controversal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
  • * 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
    • The temple of Janus'' with his two ''controversal faces might now not unsignificantly be set open.
  • (obsolete) Subject to controversy; controversial.