Contest vs. Challenge
Difference Between Contest and Challenge
Contestnoun
(uncountable) Controversy; debate.
no contestChallengenoun
A confrontation; a dare.
Contestnoun
(uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
Challengenoun
An instigation or antagonization intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
Contestnoun
(countable) A competition.
The child entered the spelling contest.Challengenoun
A bid to overcome something.
a challenge to the king's authorityContestverb
(intransitive) To contend.
I will contest for the open seat on the board.Challengenoun
(sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle
Contestverb
(transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.Challengenoun
A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
Contestverb
(transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
The troops contested every inch of ground.Challengenoun
The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
Contestverb
(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.
Challengenoun
An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
Contestnoun
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
Challengenoun
A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
Contestnoun
a struggle between rivals
Challengenoun
(legal) A procedure or action.
Contestverb
to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;
They contested the outcome of the raceChallengenoun
A judge's interest in the result of the case for which he or she should not be allowed to sit the case, e.g. a conflict of interest.
Consanguinity in direct line is a challenge for a judge when he or she is sitting cases.Challengenoun
The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
Challengenoun
The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
We're still waiting to hear how the court rules on our challenge of the arbitrator based on conflict of interest.Challengenoun
(US) An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.
Challengenoun
(hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
Challengeverb
To invite someone to take part in a competition.
We challenged the boys next door to a game of football.Challengeverb
To dare someone.
Challengeverb
To dispute something.
to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotationChallengeverb
(legal) To make a formal objection to a juror.
Challengeverb
(obsolete) To claim as due; to demand as a right.
Challengeverb
(obsolete) To censure; to blame.
Challengeverb
(military) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
The sentinel challenged us with "Who goes there?"Challengeverb
(US) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
Challengeverb
To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
Challengenoun
a demanding or stimulating situation;
they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian powerChallengenoun
a call to engage in a contest or fight
Challengenoun
questioning a statement and demanding an explanation;
his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemyChallengenoun
a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
Challengenoun
a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
Challengeverb
take exception to;
She challenged his claimsChallengeverb
issue a challenge to;
Fischer challenged Spassky to a matchChallengeverb
ask for identification;
The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guardChallengeverb
raise a formal objection in a court of law
