Dispute
Dispute verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.
Usage example: a whole slew of relatives eager to dispute his claim to being the sole heir
Support
Support verb - To give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of.
Usage example: new evidence supports the original researchers' unexpected conclusions
How words are described
| best | best dispute | best support |
| public | public dispute | public support |
| considerable | considerable dispute | considerable support |
| legal | legal dispute | legal support |
| Other adjectives: strong, constant, personal, major, political, domestic, international, magical. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- It's not automatic though, and opportunity is given to site users to respond to/discuss the reasons given for the cutlisting, either in dispute or support of them.
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As support for the title grew, it was renamed as Blizzard Dota, but this had to be abandoned due to trademark dispute from Valve Software (who are producing DotA 2) and was eventually replaced with the current title.
Source: Video Game / Heroes of the Storm - In the midst of a certain ugly and rather scandalous dispute between CBS and Time Warner Cable, TWC's biggest competitors voiced their support for TWC against CBS's underhanded and consumer-unfriendly anti-TWC tactics.
Source: Enemy Mine / Real Life
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