dispute :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

difference of opinion

n. a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"

challenge, gainsay

v. take exception to; "She challenged his claims"

quarrel, argufy, altercate, have a quarrel

v. have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"

affray, altercation, fracas

n. noisy quarrel

fuss, spat, bicker, bickering, tiff, squabble

n. a quarrel about petty points

hassle, scuffle, tussle, rough-and-tumble

n. disorderly fighting

engagement, betrothal, troth

n. a mutual promise to marry

misunderstanding, misinterpretation, mistaking

n. putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

struggle, battle, conflict

n. an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"

debate, disputation, public debate

n. the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote)

treatment, discourse, discussion

n. an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"

feud

n. a bitter quarrel between two parties

polemic

n. a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)

strife

n. bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

doubt, distrust, suspect

v. suspect to be false

antagonize, antagonise, counteract

v. act in opposition to

attribute, assign, impute, ascribe

v. attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

disprove, confute

v. prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"

impugn, attack as false, attack as wrong

v. attack as false or wrong

negate, contradict, contravene

v. deny the truth of

deny, declare untrue

v. declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"

oppose, be against, express opposition to

v. be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"

disagree, differ, take issue

v. be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"

battle, combat, battle against

v. battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"

contend, compete, vie

v. compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

clash, disagree strongly, disagree violently

v. disagree violently; "We clashed over the new farm policies"

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