Contend
Contend verb - To engage in a contest.
Experience and contend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Experience" instead a verb "Contend".
Experience
Experience verb - To come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it.
Contend and experience are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contend" instead a verb "Experience".
Both words in one sentence
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Apart from the usual projection of one's own (bad) experience with women, male fans who use this trope contend that a woman just can't be as badass as a man, just can't achieve anything by herself and that women fighting each other looks too titillating and ridiculous to actually be taken seriously.
Source: Stay in the Kitchen
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