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Disputation vs Contention - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between disputation and contention

is that disputation is the act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument while contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate.

disputation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.
  • A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    contention

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.
  • (computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
  • Synonyms

    * gainstrife, (l), wrangling

    Derived terms

    * bone of contention