Contest
Part of speech: noun
Definition: controversy; debate struggle for superiority; combat a competition
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to contend to call into question; to oppose
Example sentence: People can say whatever they want about the sport of bodybuilding, but to get prepared to do a contest or even think about doing a contest, or even to get into decent shape, it requires a certain amount of discipline, and it comes from taking a new year's resolution to a lifestyle.
Contend
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.to struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.to strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
Example sentence: War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.