Preposition
Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead. Larry Ellison
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny. Hannah Arendt
War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized. Marianne Moore
If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win. Thomas Sowell
And while we are on the subject of medication you always need to look at risk versus benefit. Temple Grandin
The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks. John W. Campbell