As adjectives the difference between opposite and incompatible
is that
opposite is located directly across from something else, or from each other while
incompatible is of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing.
As nouns the difference between opposite and incompatible
is that
opposite is something opposite or contrary to another while
incompatible is (medicine|chemistry|chiefly|in the plural) an incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.
As an adverb opposite
is in an opposite position.
As a preposition opposite
is facing, or across from.
opposite English
Alternative forms
* (l) (archaic)
Adjective
( -)
Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
- She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.
Facing in the other direction.
- They were moving in opposite directions.
Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
- He has a lot of success with the opposite sex.
Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
* Dryden
- Novels, by which the reader is misled into another sort of pieasure opposite to that which is designed in an epic poem.
* John Locke
- Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes almost opposite , significations.
Derived terms
* opposite sex
Noun
( en noun)
Something opposite or contrary to another.
An opponent.
An antonym.
- "Up" is the opposite of "down".
(mathematics) An additive inverse.
Derived terms
* opposites attract
Adverb
( -)
In an opposite position.
- I was on my seat and she stood opposite .
Preposition
( English prepositions)
Facing, or across from.
:
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
In a complementary role to.
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See also
* apposite
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incompatible English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing.
(chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
Antonyms
* compatible
Derived terms
* incompatibly
* incompatibility
See also
* incombinable
* uncombinable
* ununifiable
* antagonistic
* antipodal
* contrastive
Noun
( en noun)
(medicine, chemistry, chiefly, in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.
- the incompatibles of iron
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