controvert vs resist

controvert and resist both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
controvert	No	No	Yes	No
resist	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, resist is a hyponym of controvert; that is, resist is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than controvert:

Other hyponyms of controvert include blackball, negative, veto, dissent, protest.

controvert (verb)	resist (verb)
prove to be false or incorrect	stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
be resistant to	withstand the force of something
	refuse to comply
	express opposition through action or words
	elude, especially in a baffling way
	resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ