What's the difference between controversy and incontrovertible?

Controversy


Definition:

  • (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.
  • (n.) Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference.
  • (n.) A suit in law or equity; a question of right.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Since it was established, it has stoked controversy about contemporary art, though in recent years it has been more notable for its lack of sensationalism.
  • (2) Because of the small number of patients reported in the world literature and lack of controlled studies, the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the larynx remains controversial; this retrospective analysis suggests that combination chemotherapy plus radiation offers the best chance for cure.
  • (3) Diagnostic work-up and management of intracranial arachnoid cysts are still controversial.
  • (4) Midtrimester abortion by the dilatation and evacuation (D&E) method has generated controversy among health care providers; many authorities insist that this procedure should be performed only by a small group of experts.
  • (5) Controversy over the chemotherapy of uterine cancers still exists.
  • (6) Polls indicated that anger over the government shutdown, which was sharply felt in parts of northern Virginia, as well as discomfort with Cuccinelli's deeply conservative views, handed the race to McAuliffe, a controversial Democratic fundraiser and close ally of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
  • (7) However, controversy and differing opinions about the disbursement of contraceptives remains.
  • (8) The effect of heart rate on cardiac output in the fetal heart is controversial.
  • (9) The most controversial part of the resolution is the stop and search powers.
  • (10) The controversy about "fasting girls" and the all-dominating diagnosis of neurasthenia may explain the delay in the American interest in the new disorder.
  • (11) The alignment of Clinton’s Iowa team, all but guaranteeing a declaration of her official campaign before the end of next month, was coming into view amid reports that she was due to address by the end of the week controversy over her use of a private email account as secretary of state.
  • (12) The distinction between idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis is controversial, both clinically and pathologically.
  • (13) The association between non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and the prevalence of gallbladder disease remains controversial.
  • (14) Even so, the controversy over the last assessment, and the political polarisation in America and other countries around climate science and the need for climate action, have created an additional layer of scrutiny around next week's report.
  • (15) He also challenged Lord Mandelson's claim this morning that a controversial vote on Royal Mail would have to be postponed due to lack of parliamentary time.
  • (16) Of all the claims that have been made over the years, those reporting transfers between eukaryotes and prokaryotes are the most controversial.
  • (17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Trump signs order reviving controversial pipeline projects “The Obama administration correctly found that the Tribe’s treaty rights needed to be respected, and that the easement should not be granted without further review and consideration of alternative crossing locations,” said Jan Hasselman, an attorney for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
  • (18) It’s going to affect everybody.” The six songs from Rebel Heart released thus far do not shy away from controversy: one, Illuminati, mocks the various conspiracy theories on the internet that implicate a variety of entertainers – including Jay-Z and Lady Gaga – in membership of a shadowy ruling elite.
  • (19) Controversy exists regarding immunization with pertussis vaccine of high-risk special care nursery graduates.
  • (20) Can somebody who is not a billionaire, who stands for working families, actually win an election into which billionaires are pouring millions of dollars?” Naming prominent and controversial rightwing donors, he said: “It is not just Hillary, it is the Koch brothers, it is Sheldon Adelson.” Stephanopoulos seized the moment, asking: “Are you lumping her in with them?” Choosing to refer to the 2010 supreme court decision that removed limits on corporate political donations, rather than address the question directly, Sanders replied: “What I am saying is that I get very frightened about the future of American democracy when this becomes a battle between billionaires.

Incontrovertible


Definition:

  • (a.) Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Seven incontrovertible arguments show that the only valid measurement unit for elastic stockings is the millimetre of mercury and not a grading system.
  • (2) Our aim is to provide incontrovertible proof of this hypothesis, reporting the results of systematic stool examinations for Campylobacter in the stools as well as 5 new cases of septicaemia.
  • (3) The case that Bagosora personally ordered the murder of Rwanda's prime minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana and the killing of 10 Belgian peacekeepers, and then unleashed the genocide against the Tutsi minority was, the prosecutors claim, as important for the fact that it established an incontrovertible body of evidence for the planning and organisation of a genocide as it was for establishing its agent.
  • (4) When I ask both brothers about the incontrovertible blemishes on the last government's record, the policy of locking up children at Yarl's Wood, say, or the cavernous gap between executive reward and the minimum wage, they offer vague mea culpas.
  • (5) As pluralistic as our society may be, and no matter how relevant cultural and subcultural values may be, it is an incontrovertible fact that, by exceedingly early childbearing, poor teenagers who are black immeasurably increase their inherent disadvantages to pursue education and acquire marketable skills, not to mention attractive jobs.
  • (6) Laurent Fabius said he believed there was now incontrovertible proof that Bashar al-Assad was responsible for the 21 August gas attack, while Sergei Lavrov said it was still unclear who carried it out.
  • (7) If they can, the argument goes, then the urgency of addressing the problem becomes incontrovertible; if it doesn't, then it allows countries to continue delaying action or reducing their commitments.
  • (8) None of these proposed mechanisms incontrovertibly excludes the other and complex interrelationships may exist.
  • (9) Despite incontrovertable evidence demonstrating the unique immunosuppressive capabilities of antihymocyte globulin (ATG) in animals, its value in clinical transplantation has remained inconclusive.
  • (10) "I have tested this, trying with and without the card in my wallet and the evidence is incontrovertible.
  • (11) Given this situation the right of the patient to a full explanation of the diagnosis and the rationale of the treatment offered seems to be incontrovertible.
  • (12) Hickman parries this by pointing to such non-rock Record Store Day releases as a 7-inch single by One Direction and three albums of classical music conducted by Herbert von Karajan, but it seems to me that the point is almost incontrovertible: to use the vocabulary of the 1980s, much of the energy that goes into the event is unmistakably rockist, and the festivities often feel like a day-long benefit for an entire musical idiom: Live Aid meets the Antiques Roadshow, with the aim of keeping the guitars ringing out for another year.
  • (13) The presence of a seatbelt sign across the abdomen is not incontrovertible evidence that a laparotomy must be done, but its presence should create a high index of suspicion for serious visceral injury.
  • (14) More than this, he has one incontrovertible advantage over anyone who might think about usurping him: he is a Kim.
  • (15) And there was, after all, the incontrovertible fact of the video.
  • (16) However, the negativity of this test cannot be considered as an incontrovertible proof of the absence of coronary sensitivity to vasoconstriction.
  • (17) Nevertheless, incontrovertible proof of causality should not be required before regulations are made to protect public health.
  • (18) The use of varicocelectomy for the treatment of subfertility seems to be incontrovertible.
  • (19) 1.41pm GMT 11 min: ‘England are playing some tidy football,’ exclaims the BBC’s John Motson, shocked by a display of incontrovertible Anglo-competence.
  • (20) When one man is said to have called another a “pleb”, but no incontrovertible evidence exists that he has done so, how do you get to the truth?