Barricade vs Oppose - What's the difference?
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A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
* Derham
(figuratively, in the plural) A place of confrontation.
to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand.
To object to.
To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
* John Locke
* 1839 , Philip Meadows Taylor, Confessions of a Thug
To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
* Shakespeare
To compete with; to strive against.
* Shakespeare
Barricade is a related term of oppose.
As verbs the difference between barricade and oppose
is that barricade is while oppose is .As a noun oppose is
opposite.As an adjective oppose is
opposite.barricade
English
Noun
(en noun)- Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere.
See also
* (wikipedia "barricade") *Verb
oppose
English
Verb
(oppos)- to oppose''' the king in battle; to '''oppose a bill in Congress
- There is still time to oppose this plan.
- Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans.
- They are opposed to any form of hierarchy.
- I may oppose my single opinion to his.
- [T]hree walls had been left standing, with large intervals between each; and they would certainly oppose a most formidable interruption to an invader.
- Her grace sat down / In a rich chair of state; opposing freely / The beauty of her person to the people.
- to oppose a rival for a prize
- I am too weak / To oppose your cunning.