different between variety vs dispute

English

Alternative forms

• variëty (rare)

Etymology

From Middle French varieté, from Latin variet?s (“difference, diversity”), from varius (“different, various”); see various. Displaced native Old English misl?cnes.

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?-r???-t?, IPA^(key): /v???a?.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -a??ti
• Hyphenation: va?ri?e?ty

Noun

variety (countable and uncountable, plural varieties)

1. The quality of being varied; diversity.

   Antonym: sameness

2. A specific variation of something.
3. A number of different things.

   Synonyms: array, assortment

4. A state of constant change.
5. (taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species (infraspecific), either below subspecies (subspecific) or ranked comparably therewith.
6. (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.
7. (cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
8. (linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.
9. (algebra, universal algebra) An equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
10. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic variety.
11. The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.
12. The production of, or performance in, variety shows.

Synonyms

• (quality of being varied): See also Thesaurus:nonuniformity
• (algebraic geometry): algebraic variety
• (universal algebra): equational class, equational variety, variety of algebras

Hyponyms

• (specific variation of something): cultivar

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• species
• (cybernetics: logarithm): information entropy

Further reading

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

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.