Detention vs Contention - What's the difference?
detention | contention |
(uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
(countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.
struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate
A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.
(computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
As nouns the difference between detention and contention
is that detention is detention while contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate.detention
English
Noun
(wikipedia detention)Derived terms
* detention basin * detention homecontention
English
(wikipedia contention)Noun
(en noun)- It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.