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Contended vs Posed - What's the difference?

contended | posed |

As verbs the difference between contended and posed

is that contended is (contend) while posed is (pose).

As an adjective posed is

(obsolete) firm; determined; fixed.

contended

English

Verb

(head)
  • (contend)
    • ----

    contend

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
  • * Bible, Deuteronomy ii. 9
    • The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle.
  • * Shakespeare
    • For never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of blood.
  • to struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
  • * Dryden
    • You sit above, and see vain men below / Contend for what you only can bestow.
  • to strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
  • * John Locke
    • The question which our author would contend for.
  • * Dr H. More
    • Many things he fiercely contended about were trivial.

    Synonyms

    * struggle, fight, combat, vie, strive, oppose, emulate, contest, litigate, dispute, debate

    Related terms

    * contender * contention * contentious

    External links

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    posed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pose)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (obsolete) firm; determined; fixed

    • Anagrams

    * * * * * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Alternative forms

    * (Ijekavian ):

    Noun

  • possession, ownership
  • property (piece of real estate)

    • Declension

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