Contend and Suffer

Contend

Contend verb - To engage in a contest.

Suffer and contend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suffer" instead a verb "Contend".

Suffer

Suffer verb - To come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it.

Contend and suffer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contend" instead a verb "Suffer".

Nearby Words: suffering, sufferance, sufferer

Common collocations

time contend time suffer time
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