Aggressor vs Antagonist - What's the difference?
aggressor | antagonist |
The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
An opponent or enemy.
* Milton
* Hooker
One who antagonizes or stirs.
(biochemistry) A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of agonist chemicals.
* 2001': The calcium '''antagonists represent one of the top ten classes of prescription drugs in terms of commercial value, with worldwide sales of nearly $10 billion in 1999. — Leslie Iversen, ''Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 41)
The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
(anatomy) A muscle that acts in opposition to another.
As nouns the difference between aggressor and antagonist
is that aggressor is aggressor while antagonist is antagonist (all senses).aggressor
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)antagonist
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Noun
(en noun)- antagonist of Heaven's Almighty King
- our antagonists in these controversies
- A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.