different between contender vs contentious

English

Etymology

contend +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k?n?t?n.d?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
• Hyphenation: con?ten?der

Noun

contender (plural contenders)

1. Someone who competes with one or more other people.
2. Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.
   • 2016, David Hytner, Mesut Özil has Arsenal daring to dream of Premier League glory (in The Guardian, 1 January 2016)[1]

     In April 2014, towards the end of Özil’s first season at Arsenal – which had been marked by highs and lows – Wenger predicted the German would be a contender for the player of the year awards in 2014?15.

Translations

See also

• contestant

Anagrams

• retconned

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin contendere, present active infinitive of contend?.

Verb

contender (first-person singular present indicative contendo, past participle contendido)

1. (intransitive) to contend (to strive in opposition)

Conjugation

Related terms

• contenção
• contendente
• contendor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin contendere, present active infinitive of contend?.

Verb

contender (first-person singular present contiendo, first-person singular preterite contendí, past participle contendido)

1. to contend
2. to contest

Conjugation

Related terms

• contención
• contendiente
• contendor

English

Etymology

From Middle French contentieux, from Latin contenti?sus (“quarrelsome, perverse”), from contenti? (“contention”), from contendere, past participle contentus (“to contend”); see contend.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /k?n?t?n.??s/

Adjective

contentious (comparative more contentious, superlative most contentious)

1. Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
2. Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:quarrelsome
• See also Thesaurus:combative

Derived terms

• contentiously
• contentiousness
• uncontentious

Related terms

• contend
• contender
• contention

Translations

References

• contentious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• contentious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.