Po vs Contentious - What's the difference?
po | contentious |
(UK, Australia, NZ, colloquial, dated) A chamberpot.
* 1988 , (Richard Hoggart), A Local Habitation, 1918-40 , Chatto & Windus, ISBN 0-7011-3305-8,
* 1989 , (Leonard Woolf), Frederic Spotts (editor), Letters of Leonard Woolf ,
Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 19
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 1-0 Ukraine
, work=BBC Sport
Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.
As a verb po
is .As an interjection po
is .As an adjective contentious is
marked by heated arguments or controversy.po
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m).Noun
(en noun)page 67,
- ‘Pos ’ or ‘chamber pots’ were provided under the beds.
page 86,
- There are always several spitoons & pos [chamber pots] about the room & a loathesome smell of consumption, which I expect I shall catch.
Anagrams
* English two-letter words ----contentious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Ukraine, however, will complain long and hard about a contentious second-half incident when Marko Devic's shot clearly crossed the line before it was scrambled away by John Terry, only for the officials to remain unmoved.}}