The difference between Contest and Debate
When used as nouns, contest means controversy, whereas debate means an argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
When used as verbs, contest means to contend, whereas debate means to participate in a debate.
check bellow for the other definitions of Contest and Debate
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Contest as a noun (uncountable):
Controversy; debate.
Examples:
"no contest"
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Contest as a noun (uncountable):
Struggle for superiority; combat.
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Contest as a noun (countable):
A competition.
Examples:
"The child entered the spelling contest."
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Contest as a verb (intransitive):
To contend.
Examples:
"I will contest for the open seat on the board."
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Contest as a verb (transitive):
To call into question; to oppose.
Examples:
"The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities."
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Contest as a verb (transitive):
To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
Examples:
"The troops contested every inch of ground."
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Contest as a verb (legal):
To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
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Debate as a noun:
An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
Examples:
"After a four-hour debate, the committee voted to table the motion."
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Debate as a noun:
An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
Examples:
"The debate over the age of the universe is thousands of years old."
"There was a bit of a debate over who should pay for the damaged fence."
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Debate as a noun (uncountable):
Discussion of opposing views.
Examples:
"There has been considerable debate concerning exactly how to format these articles."
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Debate as a noun (frequently in the French form ''débat''):
A type of literary composition, taking the form of a discussion or disputation, commonly found in the vernacular medieval poetry of many European countries, as well as in medieval Latin.
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Debate as a noun (obsolete):
Strife, discord.
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Debate as a verb (ambitransitive):
To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
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Debate as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To fight.
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Debate as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To engage in combat for; to strive for.
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Debate as a verb (transitive):
To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide