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Controversialist vs Controverter - What's the difference?

controversialist | controverter |

As nouns the difference between controversialist and controverter

is that controversialist is one who regularly engages in public controversies while controverter is one who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.

controversialist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who regularly engages in public controversies.
    • Richard Dawkins has become a leading controversialist in a few areas.
  • * John Worthington
    • His indefatigable adversary, who is the perfect model of an agile controversialist , had attacked him as a magniloquent Thraso, on account of his Pansophical promises.

    controverter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.
    • Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern. — Ben Jonson.

    Related terms

    * controversial * controversialist * controversy * controvert * controvertible

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