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Opposit vs Contention - What's the difference?

opposit | contention |

As nouns the difference between opposit and contention

is that opposit is while contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate.

As an adjective opposit

is .

As a verb opposit

is to posit or assume as a contradictory; negative or deny.

opposit

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Adjective

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    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to posit or assume as a contradictory; negative or deny

    • References

    * Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol. V, p. 4131, opposit * Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Supplement, Vol. XII, p. 0902, opposit ----

    contention

    English

    (wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * contend * contender * contentious * contentiousness

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