Enmity vs Contention - What's the difference?
enmity | contention | Related terms |
The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
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A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.
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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.
Enmity is a related term of contention.
As nouns the difference between enmity and contention
is that enmity is the quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition while contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate.enmity
English
Alternative forms
: * ** enemyte ** enemytee ** ennemite ** ennemyte * ** enemyte ** enemytee ** ennemite ** ennemyte ** enymyte * ** enemitie ** enemyte ** enemytee ** enimitie ** enimity ** ennemite ** ennemyte ** ennimitie ** inimity : * ** enmite ** enmitye ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmity ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmityNoun
(enmities)- Some later Muses from Ionia and Sicily reckoned it safest to weave together both versions and say that that which is is both many and one, held together by both enmity and amity.
- I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.
Quotations
* *: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.Synonyms
* enemyship, hostility, enemyhood, antagonism, animosity, rancor, antipathy, animusAntonyms
* amityReferences
* * * Notes:contention
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(wikipedia contention)Noun
(en noun)- It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.
