different between contest vs litigate

English

Etymology

From French contester, from Old French, from Latin contestor (“to call to witness”).

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t?st/
• (US) enPR: k?n't?st, IPA^(key): /?k?n.t?st/
• Rhymes: -?nt?st

Verb

• (UK, US) enPR: k?nt?st', IPA^(key): /k?n?t?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

contest (countable and uncountable, plural contests)

1. (uncountable) Controversy; debate.

   Synonyms: controversy, debate, discussion

2. (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.

   Synonyms: battle, combat, fight

3. (countable) A competition.

   Synonyms: competition, pageant

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

contest (third-person singular simple present contests, present participle contesting, simple past and past participle contested)

1. (intransitive) To contend.

   Synonyms: compete, contend, go in for

   • 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth

     As for the difficulty or obscurity of an argument, that does but add to the pleasure.of contesting with it when there are hopes of victory

2. (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.

   Synonyms: call into question, oppose

   Antonym: support

   • 1848, John Daniel Morell, Historical and Critical View of the Speculative Philosophy of Europe in the Nineteenth Century

     Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequently repeated, few more contested than this.

3. (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.

4. (law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.

   Synonym: controvert

Translations

Anagrams

• Consett, Cottens

English

Etymology

From Latin l?tig?re, present active infinitive of l?tig?; which, in its turn, stems from l?tem (“a quarrel”) + ag? (“do, practice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t??e?t/

Verb

litigate (third-person singular simple present litigates, present participle litigating, simple past and past participle litigated)

1. (intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
2. (transitive) To contest in law.
3. (transitive, transferred sense) To dispute; to fight over.

Derived terms

• litigable
• litigation

Translations

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liti??ate/

Verb

litigate

1. adverbial present passive participle of litigar

Italian

Noun

litigate f pl

1. plural of litigata

Verb

litigate

1. second-person plural present of litigare
2. second-person plural present subjunctive of litigare
3. second-person plural imperative of litigare
4. feminine plural of the past participle of litigare

Anagrams

• aglietti

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /li?.ti??a?.te/, [li?t????ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.ti??a.te/, [lit?i????t??]

Participle

l?tig?te

1. vocative masculine singular of l?tig?tus