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Anti vs Aunt - What's the difference?

anti | aunt |

As nouns the difference between anti and aunt

is that anti is a person opposed to a concept or principle while aunt is a sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent.

As an adjective anti

is that has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°.

As a preposition anti

is a word used before a noun or noun phrase to indicate opposition to the concept expressed by the noun or noun phrase.

anti

English

(wikipedia anti)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°
  • Coordinate terms

    * (chemistry) syn

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person opposed to a concept or principle.
  • Antonyms

    * pro

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (rare) A word used before a noun or noun phrase to indicate opposition to the concept expressed by the noun or noun phrase. (rfex)
  • See also

    * anti-

    Anagrams

    * ----

    aunt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent.
  • * 2007 , Nancy Eshelman, A Piece of My Mind: Columns from the Patriot-News , page 35:
  • I mentioned another aunt , my late mother's sister, who's about the same age.
  • (also'' great-aunt ''or grandaunt) A person's grandparent's sister or sister-in-law.
  • (usually auntie) A grandmother.
  • An affectionate term for a woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
  • Antonyms

    * (with regard to gender) uncle * (with regard to ancestry) niece, nephew

    Hyponyms

    * (qualifier, sister of someone's father) paternal aunt * (qualifier, sister of someone's mother) maternal aunt

    Derived terms

    * Auntie * auntie, aunty * agony aunt * big auntie * great-aunt * grandaunt * little auntie * mine aunt * naunt

    See also

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * (l)