What is the difference between literary and antagonist?
literary | antagonist |
Relating to literature.
* Johnson
Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
* Mason
Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
Bookish.
An opponent or enemy.
* Milton
* Hooker
One who antagonizes or stirs.
(biochemistry) A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of agonist chemicals.
* 2001': The calcium '''antagonists represent one of the top ten classes of prescription drugs in terms of commercial value, with worldwide sales of nearly $10 billion in 1999. — Leslie Iversen, ''Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 41)
The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
(anatomy) A muscle that acts in opposition to another.
As a adjective literary
is relating to literature.As a noun antagonist is
an opponent or enemy.literary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- literary''' fame; a '''literary''' history; '''literary conversation
- He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.
- a literary man
- in the literary as well as fashionable world
Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* literary criticism * literary device * literary form * literary genre * literary technique * literary theoryExternal links
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*antagonist
English
Noun
(en noun)- antagonist of Heaven's Almighty King
- our antagonists in these controversies
- A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.