The difference between Contradiction and Oxymoron
When used as nouns, contradiction means the act of contradicting, whereas oxymoron means a figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
check bellow for the other definitions of Contradiction and Oxymoron
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Contradiction as a noun (countable, uncountable):
The act of contradicting.
Examples:
"His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting."
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Contradiction as a noun (countable):
A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that makes a claim that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.
Examples:
"There is a contradiction in Clarence Page's statement that a woman should have the right to choose and decide for herself whether to have an abortion, and at the same time she should not have that right."
"There is a contradiction in what you say: she can't be both married and single."
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Contradiction as a noun (countable):
A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
Examples:
"Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism."
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Contradiction as a noun (logic, countable):
A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.
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Oxymoron as a noun:
A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
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Oxymoron as a noun (loosely, sometimes, _, proscribed):
A contradiction in terms.