different between disputation vs altercation

disputation

English

Etymology

From Old French disputation, fromLatin disputatio.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?pju??te???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

disputation (countable and uncountable, plural disputations)

  1. The act of disputing; a dispute or argument
  2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:dispute

Related terms

  • disputable
  • disputant
  • disputatious
  • dispute

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altercation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French altercation.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?l.t??ke?.??n/
  • (cotcaught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /?l.t??ke?.??n/
  • Hyphenation: al?ter?ca?tion
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

altercation (countable and uncountable, plural altercations)

  1. Heated or angry dispute

Synonyms

  • dispute, wrangle

Related terms

  • altercative

Translations

Anagrams

  • relactation

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin altercatio

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.t??.ka.sj??/
  • Rhymes: -??
  • Homophone: altercations

Noun

altercation f (plural altercations)

  1. Altercation

Further reading

  • “altercation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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