Counteract vs Resist - What's the difference?
counteract | resist |
To act in opposition to; thwart; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
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, title= To oppose.
(obsolete) To be distasteful to.
* 1608 , , II. iii. 29:
As verbs the difference between counteract and resist
is that counteract is to act in opposition to; thwart; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice while resist is to attempt to counter the actions or effects of.As a noun resist is
a protective coating or covering.counteract
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(en verb)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* counteractant * counteracter * counteractingly * counteraction * counteractive * counteractively * counteractorresist
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(en verb)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!
- These cates resist me,