Objection vs Contradiction - What's the difference?
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The act of objecting.
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(legal) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
(uncountable) The act of contradicting.
(countable) A statement that contradicts itself.
(countable) a logical incompatibility among two or more elements or propositions
(logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.
As nouns the difference between objection and contradiction
is that objection is the act of objecting while contradiction is the act of contradicting.objection
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Noun
(en noun)Ed Pilkington
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Usage notes
* Adjectives often used with "objection": serious, conscientious, fatal, grave, etc. * Verbs often used with "objection": raise, make, meet, answer, etc.contradiction
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(wikipedia contradiction)Noun
- His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
- There is a contradiction in what you say - she can't be both married and single.
- Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.