Dissent vs Contend - What's the difference?
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To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from'' (or, formerly, ''to ).
* 1827 Thomas Jarman, Powell's Essay on Devises 2.293:
* 1830 Isaac D'Israeli, Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles the First 3.9.207:
To differ from , especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
* 1654 John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon the Book of Job 33.32:
* 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
* 1871 George Grote, Fragments on Ethical Subjects 2.37:
(obsolete) To be different; to have contrary characteristics.
Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
(Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
(sports)
* 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, "
to strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
* Bible, Deuteronomy ii. 9
* Shakespeare
to struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
* Dryden
to strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
* John Locke
* Dr H. More
Dissent is a related term of contend.
As verbs the difference between dissent and contend
is that dissent is to disagree; to withhold assent construed with from'' (or, formerly, ''to ) while contend is to strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.As a noun dissent
is disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc of a political party, government or religion.dissent
English
Verb
(en verb)- Where a trustee refuses either to assent or dissent , the Court will itself exercise his authority.
- Those who openly dissented from the acts which the King had carried through the Parliament.
- Some are so eristical and teasty, that they will not ... bear with any that dissent .
- Natural reason dictates, that motion ought to be assigned to the bodies, which in kind and essence most agree with those bodies which do undoubtedly move, and rest to those which most dissent from them.
- If the public dissent from our views, we say that they ought to concur with us.
- (Hooker)
Antonyms
* (disagree) agree, assent, follow, allow, acceptReferences
*Noun
(en noun)Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
- City had been woeful, their anger at their own inertia summed up when Samir Nasri received a booking for dissent , and they did not have a shot on target until the 66th minute.
Antonyms
* agreement, assent, consensus, capitulationSee also
* majority opinionAnagrams
* ----contend
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(en verb)- The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle.
- For never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of blood.
- You sit above, and see vain men below / Contend for what you only can bestow.
- The question which our author would contend for.
- Many things he fiercely contended about were trivial.