Both Uses of "contradict" in "The Secret Hour"

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Both Uses

contradict
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The Secret Hour
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At last Rex would have someone to help him sift through the endless troves of midnighter knowledge, to compare interpretations of confusing and contradictory tales, to read alongside him.†
Chpt 12

contradictory = in disagreement
Although 'flying slither' kind of sounds like a contradiction to me.†
Chpt 13 *

contradiction = something (typically a statement) that disagrees with itself; or (more rarely) the act of disagreeing

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(1) (contradict)
disagree
in various senses, including:
- to say something is not true -- as in "She contradicted his testimony."
- to say something else is true when both can't be true -- as in "I don't believe her. She contradicted herself as she told us what happened."
- to be in conflict with -- as in "Her assertions contradict accepted scientific principles."
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)