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Thehanghk Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Contend and claim

Hey Friends,

What is the difference between "contend" and "claim"? Difference of formal and informal? or any other difference?

Thanks and regards,
Hang
  

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a person claims something about themselves: He claims to have graduated from Yale, but the university has no record of his even attending. He claims he is heir to some obscure European duchy. I contend something about someone else, or some issue.

— Terryxpress

  • a person claims something about themselves: He claims to have graduated from Yale, but the university has no record of his even attending.
  • He claims he is heir to some obscure European duchy.
  • I contend something about someone else, or some issue.
  • It is usually used in more formal situations.
  • I contend that what he has presented here today is a pack of lies.
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a person claims something about themselves:

He claims to have graduated from Yale, but the university has no record of his even attending.

He claims he is heir to some obscure European duchy.
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I contend something about someone else, or some issue. It is usually used in more formal situations.

I contend that what he has present
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