Different vs Oppose - What's the difference?
different | oppose |
Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
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* 1971 , William S. Burroughs, , page 6
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=
, volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Various, assorted, diverse.
* 2006 , Delbert S. Elliott et al., Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods: Successful Development in Social Context , Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521863575, page 19:
Distinct, separate; (used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity).
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=
, title= Unlike most others; unusual.
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
As verbs the difference between different and oppose
is that different is while oppose is .As a noun oppose is
opposite.As an adjective oppose is
opposite.different
English
(wikipedia different)Adjective
(en adjective)- Enter the American tourist. He thinks of himself as a good guy but when he looks in the mirror to shave this good guy he has to admit that "well, other people are different from me and I don't really like them." This makes him feel guilty toward other people.
Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
- In any case, poor black respondents living in high-poverty neighborhoods are most likely to view their neighborhood as a single block or block group and to use this definition consistently when asked about different neighborhood characteristics and activities.
Charles T. Ambrose
Alzheimer’s Disease, volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
Usage notes
* (not the same) Depending on dialect, time period, and register, the adjective may be construed with one of the prepositions (from), (to), and (than), or with the subordinating conjunction (than).- Pleasure is different from'''/'''than'''/'''to''' happiness.''
- ''It's different '''than''' ''(or '''''from what'' )'' I expected.
Synonyms
* distinctAntonyms
* alike * identical * same * similar * undifferentDerived terms
* different as chalk and cheese * different drummer * different ideal * different light * different strokes * horse of a different color * march to the beat of a different drumExternal links
* *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.
