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Detractor vs Opponent - What's the difference?

detractor | opponent |

As nouns the difference between detractor and opponent

is that detractor is a person who belittles the worth of another person or cause while opponent is an individual or group who is a rival of another.

As an adjective opponent is

situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.

detractor

English

Alternative forms

* detractour (qualifier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.
  • * 2012 , Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world'' (in ''The Daily Telegraph , 15 November 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/15/mumford-sons-biggest-band-world]
    • Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan.

    Synonyms

    * slanderer * libeler * cynic * mudslinger * defamer

    Antonyms

    * proponent * supporter

    opponent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An individual or group who is a rival of another.
  • One who attempts to stop the progression of.
  • One who objects to.
  • In team sports, a player of an opposite team.

    • Antonyms

    * supporter * proponent * advocate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
    • (Alexander Pope)
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