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Opponent vs Resistance - What's the difference?

opponent | resistance |

As nouns the difference between opponent and resistance

is that opponent is an individual or group who is a rival of another while resistance is resistance (all meanings).

As an adjective opponent

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

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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    resistance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * resistaunce (obsolete)

    Noun

  • The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}
  • (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
  • (physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.
  • An underground organization engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation.

    • Anagrams

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