different between haava vs contest

Estonian

Etymology 1

Noun

haava

1. genitive singular of haab

Etymology 2

Noun

haava

1. genitive singular of haav
2. partitive singular of haav
3. illative singular of haav

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *haava, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *haww? (“blow, hit”) or early Proto-Norse *?????- (*hawwa-), compare Icelandic högg (“hit, stroke”). Cognate with Estonian haav, Proto-Germanic *hawwan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h????/, [?h????]
• Rhymes: -????
• Syllabification: haa?va

Noun

haava

1. wound, sore (injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear)
2. ulcer; especially in compound terms, see e.g. mahahaava (“peptic ulcer”), makuuhaava (“pressure ulcer”)
3. (pesäpallo) reaching the next base as an advancing baserunner after being forced to as a result of a midair catch; the baserunner will be removed from the field but is not out

Declension

Synonyms

• (ulcer): haavauma, haavautuma

Derived terms

• nouns: haavoittunut
• adjectives: haavainen, haavoittunut
• verbs: haavautua, haavoittaa, haavoittua
• phrases: tällä haavaa

See also

• not to be confused with: haapa

Anagrams

• ahava, vahaa

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