different between irony vs contest

English

Etymology 1

First attested in 1502. From Middle French ironie, from Old French, from Latin ?r?n?a, from Ancient Greek ???????? (eir?neía, “irony, pretext”), from ????? (eír?n, “one who feigns ignorance”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a??.??n.i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?a?.??.ni/, /?a?.?.ni/

Noun

irony (countable and uncountable, plural ironies)

2. (rhetoric) A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
3. Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
4. Ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist; Socratic irony.
5. The state of two usually unrelated entities, parties, actions, etc. being related through a common connection in an uncommon way.
6. (informal) Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected. [from the 1640s]

Usage notes

• Some authorities omit the last sense, "contradiction of circumstances and expectations, condition contrary to what might be expected"; however, it has been in common use since the 1600s.

Derived terms

Related terms

• ironically

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Etymology 2

iron +? -y

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a??.ni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?a?.?.ni/

Adjective

irony (comparative more irony, superlative most irony)

1. Of or pertaining to the metal iron.

   The food had an irony taste to it.

Synonyms

• ferric
• ferrous

Translations

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

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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

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Anagrams

• Consett, Cottens