different between contention vs averment

English

Etymology

From Middle English contencion, borrowed from Old French contencion, from Latin contentio, contentionem, from contend? (past participle contentus); see contend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?t?n??n/
• Hyphenation: con?ten?tion

Noun

contention (countable and uncountable, plural contentions)

1. Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
2. 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.

3. (computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.

Synonyms

• gainstrife, gainstriving, wrangling

Hyponyms

• (computing) resource contention

Derived terms

• bone of contention
• contention system
• in contention
• resource contention

Related terms

Translations

References

• contention on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contentio, contentionem. Cf. the inherited form contençon, and see also tençon.

Noun

contention f (oblique plural contentions, nominative singular contention, nominative plural contentions)

1. dispute; quarrel; disagreement

Related terms

• contendre
• contençon
• tençon

Descendants

• English: contention
• French: contention

English

Etymology

From Middle English averement, from Old French averrement, averement, from averer (Modern French avérer).

Noun

averment (countable and uncountable, plural averments)

1. The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16, [1]

     And for some of these averments, he added, substantiating proof was not far.

2. verification; establishment by evidence.
3. A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.

Synonyms

• (act of averring): affirmation, asseveration, assertion, declaration

References

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

Anagrams

• Vanmeter