Contest vs Parade - What's the difference?
contest | parade |
(uncountable) Controversy; debate.
(uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
(countable) A competition.
To contend.
* Alexander Pope
* Bishop Burnet
To call into question; to oppose.
* J. D. Morell
To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
(legal) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
An organized procession consisting of a series of consecutive displays, performances, exhibits, etc. displayed by moving down a street past a crowd.
Any succession, series, or display of items.
A line of goslings led by one parent and often trailed by the other.
The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.
Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.
* Jonathan Swift
(Gallicism) Posture of defense; guard.
* John Locke
A public walk; a promenade; now used in street names.
To march or to display.
To display or show; to exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.
To march past.
As verbs the difference between contest and parade
is that contest is to contend while parade is .As a noun contest
is (uncountable) controversy; debate.contest
English
Noun
- no contest
- The child entered the spelling contest .
Synonyms
* (controversy) controversy, debate, discussion * (combat) battle, combat, fight * (competition) competition, pageantDerived terms
(Terms derived from the noun "contest") * contest shape * fashion contest * no contest * pissing contest * popularity contest * wet t-shirt contest * will contestVerb
(en verb)- I will contest for the open seat on the board.
- Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest ?
- The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory.
- The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.
- Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequently repeated, few more contested than this.
- The troops contested every inch of ground.
Synonyms
* (contend) compete, contend, go in for * (oppose) call into question, opposeAntonyms
* (oppose) supportparade
English
(wikipedia parade)Noun
(en noun)- The floats and horses in the parade were impressive, but the marching bands were really amazing.
- The dinner was a parade of courses, each featuring foods more elaborate than the last.
- a parade of shops
- Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade .
- when they are not in parade , and upon their guard
- He was parked on Chester Parade .
Derived terms
* hit parade * military parade * victory parade * pride parade * techno parade * parade of horribles * ticker tape parade * rain on someone's paradeVerb
(parad)- They paraded around the field, simply to show their discipline.
- They paraded dozens of fashions past the crowd.
- Parading all her sensibility. Byron.
- After the field show, it is customary to parade the stands before exiting the field.