Assert vs. Contend — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Assert and Contend
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Assert
To state or express positively; affirm
Asserted his innocence.
Contend
To strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle
Armies contending for control of territory.
Had to contend with long lines at the airport.
Assert
To defend or maintain (one's rights, for example).
Contend
To strive in competition, as in a race; vie
Two runners contending for the lead.
Assert
To put into action boldly; employ or demonstrate
Asserted her independence.
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Contend
To strive in controversy or debate; dispute.
Assert
To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
He would often assert that there was life on other planets.
Contend
To assert or maintain
The defense contended that the evidence was inadmissible.
Assert
To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
To assert one's authority
Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.
Contend
(intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Assert
To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to
To assert our rights and liberties
Contend
(intransitive) To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
Assert
(reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive.
Since going to therapy, I've found it much easier to assert myself.
Contend
(intransitive) To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
Assert
(programming) To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.
Contend
(intransitive) To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate.
In this paper the author contends that no useful results can be obtained if this method is used.
Assert
(electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
Contend
Contend with: To try to cope with a difficulty or problem.
Assert
(computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.
Contend
To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
For never two such kingdoms did contendWithout much fall of blood.
The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle.
In ambitious strength I didContend against thy valor.
Assert
To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.
Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to be done without a cause.
Contend
To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
You sit above, and see vain men belowContend for what you only can bestow.
Assert
To maintain; to defend.
That . . . I may assert Eternal Providence,And justify the ways of God to men.
I will assert it from the scandal.
Contend
To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
The question which our author would contend for.
Many things he fiercely contended about were trivial.
Assert
To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.
Contend
To struggle for; to contest.
Carthage shall contend the world with Rome.Dryden.
Assert
State categorically
Contend
Maintain or assert;
He contended that Communism had no future
Assert
To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true;
Before God I swear I am innocent
Contend
Have an argument about something
Assert
Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized;
Women should assert themselves more!
Contend
To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;
They contested the outcome of the race
Assert
Assert to be true;
The letter asserts a free society
Contend
Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
Contend
Come to terms or deal successfully with;
We got by on just a gallon of gas
They made do on half a loaf of bread every day
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