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Disprove vs Contradict - What's the difference?

disprove | contradict |

As verbs the difference between disprove and contradict

is that disprove is to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute while contradict is to speak against; to forbid.

disprove

English

Verb

  • To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

    • Usage notes

    * The past participle disproven'' is often proscribed in favor of ''disproved'', unlike ''proven , which is not proscribed.

    Antonyms

    * prove

    Anagrams

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    contradict

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.
  • *, New York 2001, p. 203:
    • magic hath been publically professed in former times, in Salamanca, Cracovia, and other places, though after censured by several universities, and now generally contradicted , though practised by some still […].
  • To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).
    • His testimony contradicts hers.
  • To make a statement denying the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).
    • Everything he says contradicts me.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, / And say it is not so.
  • * Wordsworth
    • The future cannot contradict the past.
  • To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.
  • * Hooker
    • No truth can contradict another truth.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A greater power than we can contradict / Hath thwarted our intents.

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l) * disconfirm * deny * dispute * question * gainsay * refute * controvert * dispute

    See also

    * gainsay