1 (especially sport or law) used to show that two teams or sides are against each other: It is France versus Brazil in the final. in the case of the State versus Ford

2 used to compare two different ideas, choices, etc.: It was the promise of better job opportunities versus the inconvenience of moving away and leaving her friends

(prep.)

Das "im Vergleich" ist sogar noch zahm, evtl. sogar zu zahm. Religion im Widerstreit/Konflikt mit ...

Ganz klar, da ist ein Spannungsfeld zwischen 2 Polen.

Der Impustext war Wissenschaft versus Religion. Immer wieder gerät Religion in einen scheinbaren Konflikt mit der Wissenschaft.

fachsprachlich

double posting

"versus" can be translated as "kontra" only in relatively few cases: In German, kontra cannot be used as broadly as "vs." (as in English: "episode vs. series") in German!

related discussion: keine Idee kontra keine Ahnung - #9
(in German, sorry)


[Sorry to be digging out this old thread, but I saw that Leo displays it when searching for "kontra"... so people wondering if they can use "kontra" generally for "vs." might be misled into thinking that they can...]