different between divulge vs dispute

English

Etymology

Latin divulgare, from di- (“widely”) + vulgare (“publish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da??v?ld?/, /d??v?ld?/

Verb

divulge (third-person singular simple present divulges, present participle divulging, simple past and past participle divulged)

1. (transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known
   • 2016, December 8, The Economist, The president-elect's EPA head may not believe in climate change

     In an interview with The Economist last year, he insisted his attack on the CPP had nothing to do with his views on global warming, which he would not divulge.

   • 1910, Stephen Leacock, Literary Lapses, "How to Avoid Getting Married"

     Here then is a letter from a young man whose name I must not reveal, but whom I will designate as D. F., and whose address I must not divulge, but will simply indicate as Q. Street, West.

   Synonym: disclose

2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim.

Synonyms

• bewray, bring out, uncover, disclose, discover, expose, give away, impart, let on, let out, reveal; see also Thesaurus:divulge

Related terms

• divulgation
• divulgement

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disput?re (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + put?re (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?s.pju?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /d?s?pju?t/
• (verb)
  • IPA^(key): /d?s?pju?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Noun

dispute (plural disputes)

1. An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
2. (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.

   • Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:dispute

Translations

Verb

dispute (third-person singular simple present disputes, present participle disputing, simple past and past participle disputed)

1. (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
2. (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss

3. to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
   • 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.

     to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance

4. to strive or contend about; to contest
   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II

     to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards

5. (obsolete) to struggle against; to resist

Derived terms

• industrial dispute

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Latin disput?re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.pyt/

Noun

dispute f (plural disputes)

1. dispute

Related terms

• disputer

Descendants

• ? Romanian: disput?

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• stupide

Italian

Noun

dispute f

1. plural of disputa

Anagrams

• stupide

Portuguese

Verb

dispute

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of disputar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of disputar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of disputar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of disputar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [di?spute]

Noun

dispute f

1. indefinite plural of disput?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of disput?

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis?pute/, [d?is?pu.t?e]

Verb

dispute

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of disputar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of disputar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of disputar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of disputar.