Difference between Controversial and Disputed

CONTROVERSIAL vs DISPUTED: ADJECTIVE

Of or pertaining to controversy; characterized by or connected with disputation; disputatious: as, a controversial discourse.

Objectionable, Dubious, Provocative, Problematic, Thorny, Controversy, Divisive, Arguable, Moot, Polemic, Polemical, Disputable, Disputed, Debatable, Contentious

Criticized, Conflicting, Differed, Disagreement, Questioned, Challenged, Denied, Contradicted, Contentious, Objected, Refuted, Disagreed, Contested, Moot, Controversial

Objectionable, Dubious, Provocative, Problematic, Thorny, Controversy, Divisive, Arguable, Moot, Polemic, Polemical, Disputable, Disputed, Debatable, Contentious

Debatable, Controversy, Criticized, Conflicting, Disagreement, Questioned, Challenged, Contradicted, Contentious, Objected, Refuted, Disagreed, Contested, Moot, Controversial

Steve Bannon and controversial counterterrorism advisor Sebastian Gorka.
The action will have highly controversial environmental effects.
Does he still stand by his controversial suggestions?
Mulick, Controversial therapies for autism and intellectual disabilities.
What we call ourselves can also be controversial.
These two verses are arguably the most controversial ones in the Pentateuch and certainly the most controversial in Leviticus.
Because the natural right of property was controversial, so the administration of any substantive constraint along these lines was bound to be controversial.
Representative of differing viewpoints on controversial subjects Students have the right to information on both sides of a controversial issue.
Stevens was a controversial governor in his time, and has become more controversial in retrospect.
Academic research meets practice: Why controversial results are not controversial.

The merits of this translation have been disputed.
Supreme Court has ruled on the disputed issue.
Heavy judgments for each of the disputed works.
Deripaska indicated he would pay the disputed fee.
Open Season, contract management, and disputed claims processes.
Insurance settlement checks are commonly returned or disputed.
International fees may not be waived or disputed.
When demand notices are raised against such show cause notices and are disputed by the Company, these are classified as disputed obligations.
The reasons for this and whether it is an adequate comparison are disputed, or literal which is also disputed.
Disputed Issues: each party must attach a concise statement of legal and factual positions on all disputed issues.