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

  1. Contradiction as a noun (countable, uncountable):

    The act of contradicting.

    Examples:

    "His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting."

  2. 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."

  3. 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."

  4. Contradiction as a noun (logic, countable):

    A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.

  1. Oxymoron as a noun:

    A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.

  2. Oxymoron as a noun (loosely, sometimes, _, proscribed):

    A contradiction in terms.