challenge vs rally

challenge

verb
  • To dispute (something). 

  • To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines). 

  • To dare (someone). 

  • To invite (someone) to take part in a competition. 

  • To be difficult or challenging for. 

  • To call something into question or dispute. 

  • To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter. 

  • To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it. 

  • To make a formal objection to a juror. 

noun
  • The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency. 

  • An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not. 

  • A bid to overcome something. 

  • The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity. 

  • An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot. 

  • The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc. 

  • A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons. 

  • A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty. 

  • An attempt to take possession; a tackle. 

  • An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum. 

  • The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game. 

  • A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest). 

rally

verb
  • To tease; to chaff good-humouredly. 

  • To recover strength after a decline in prices. 

  • To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble. 

  • To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite. 

  • To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness. 

noun
  • A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.) 

  • A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point. 

  • An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time. 

  • A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause. 

  • Good-humoured raillery. 

  • A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America. 

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