Difference between Violate and Contravene

VIOLATE vs CONTRAVENE: VERB

Destroy and strip of its possession
Violate the sacred character of a place or language
Act in disregard of laws and rules
Force (someone) to have sex against their will
Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
To break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.).
To rape.
Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
Destroy

To assault (a person) sexually.
To disturb; to interrupt.
To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe.
To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
To do harm to (property or qualities considered sacred); desecrate or defile.
To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.
To disregard or act in a manner that does not conform to (a law or promise, for example).
To disturb rudely or improperly; interrupt.

To act or be in violation of (a law, directive, or principle, for example); violate.
To be inconsistent with; be contrary to.
To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat.
To violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with.

To treat roughly or injuriously; handle so as to harm or hurt; do violence to; outrage.
To break in upon; interrupt; disturb.
To desecrate; dishonor; treat with irreverence; profane, or meddle with profanely.
To infringe; transgress, as a contract, law, promise, or the like, either by a positive act contrary to the promise, etc., or by neglect or non-fulfilment: as, to violate confidence.
To ravish; deflower by force; commit rape on.
Fail to agree with
As of rules or patterns
Be in violation of

Synonyms To cross, run counter to, militate against, contradict, defeat, nullify, neutralize.
To act so as to combat or violate; transgress: as, to contravene the law.
To come or be in conflict with; oppose in principle or effect; impede the operation or course of.

Infract, Go against, Plunder, Rape, Dishonour, Ravish, Outrage, Break, Despoil, Dishonor, Profane, Desecrate, Offend, Transgress, Breach

Breach, Contrary, Transgress, Violation, Breaching, Breached, Flout, Violated, Contravention, Violate, Conflict, Run afoul, Negate, Contradict, Infringe

Infringe, Violation, Contravene, Go against, Dishonour, Ravish, Outrage, Break, Despoil, Dishonor, Profane, Desecrate, Offend, Transgress, Breach

Breach, Contrary, Transgress, Violation, Breaching, Breached, Flout, Violated, Contravention, Violate, Conflict, Run afoul, Negate, Contradict, Infringe

These provisions violate the Act in two ways.
That governments violate human rights is hardly surprising.
The landlord can terminate your rental agreement if you violate the terms of the agreement or if you violate the law.
Federal crimes are defined as acts that violate federal laws, as opposed to crimes that violate state or local laws.
DUI offenders who violate their restricted license are subject to similar penalties that are applied to offenders who violate the terms of their probation.
The strip searches conducted upon admission do not violate Fourth Amendment standards, but the searches after contact visits violate the Fourth Amendment.
In short, the prior examples of wrongdoing must violate the same constitutional rights and violate them in the same way.
Other types of entropies that violate the Shore and Johnson axioms, including nonadditive entropies such as the Tsallis entropy, violate this basic consistency requirement.
Viewing, transmitting, downloading, or seeking obscene or pornographicmaterials or materials that violate or encourage others to violate the law.
While such disparities will not violate constitutional guarantees, they may violate core policy imperatives to avoid racially unjust outcomes.

This assignment does not contravene the Rhodes University Plagiarism policy.
Academic policies often support but do not contravene the law.
That result would contravene basic principles of due process.
In doing so, they did not contravene the Bylaw.
ANT: Deny, contradict, contravene, disavow, disclaim, repudiate, gainsay, oppugn.
First, they may simply not contravene any WTO obligation.
Outside parties to contravene any law in the higher.
Such retention must not contravene Data Protection Legislation.
Licenced Engineer or plumber not to contravene regulations.
IFIs, who contravene the prohibition made by it.

When does an EEA CSD contravene the CSD regulation?
What happens if you contravene section 95 (1) of the Tenancy Act?
What happens if you contravene Section 3 of the Road Traffic Act?
What happens if you contravene the data protection and Privacy Act 2019?
Can a bargaining council contravene the provisions of any labour legislation?
When does an NVR Registered Training Organisation contravene the vet regulations?
What happens if you contravene a director's disqualification order?
What happens if you contravene the Land Drainage Act?
Does Karnataka's border restriction contravene Central guidelines?
Does this contravene the dominated convergence theorem?