Opponent vs Ally - What's the difference?
opponent | ally |
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.
Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy
* (rfdate) :
To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.
* (rfdate) :
* (rfdate) :
One united to another by treaty or league; — usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.
* (rfdate) :
Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.
* (rfdate) Buckle:
Anything akin to something else by structure, etc.
(taxonomy) A closely related species, usually within the same family.
(obsolete) A relative; a kinsman.
(a glass marble or taw)
As nouns the difference between opponent and ally
is that opponent is an individual or group who is a rival of another while ally is one united to another by treaty or league; — usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.As an adjective opponent
is situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.As a verb ally is
to unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy.As a proper noun Ally is
a diminutive of the female given names Alison, Alice and Alexandra.opponent
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Noun
(en noun)Antonyms
* supporter * proponent * advocateAdjective
(en adjective)- (Alexander Pope)
ally
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(Webster 1913)Etymology 1
From (etyl) alien, (etyl) alier (Modern French allier), from (etyl) . Compare alligate, allay, alloy and ligament.Verb
(en-verb)- O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied .
- These three did love each other dearly well, And with so firm affection were allied .
- The virtue nearest to our vice allied .
Usage notes
* Generally used in the passive form or reflexively. * Often followed by to'' or ''with .Synonyms
* make common causeNoun
(allies)- the English soldiers and their French allies
- Science, instead of being the enemy of religion, becomes its ally.
- Gruiformes — cranes and allies
- (Shakespeare)