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Opposed vs Differing - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between opposed and differing

is that opposed is past tense of oppose while differing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective opposed

is acting in opposition; opposing.

As a noun differing is

difference.

opposed

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Acting in opposition; opposing.
  • Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (oppose)

    • differing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • difference
  • * 1983 , Robert Bator, Signposts to criticism of children's literature
    • I knew nothing then of the great differings and philosophizings, the setting up and tearing down of fine lines technically and aesthetically between the two that had been going on among the devotees of each
  • * 2007 , Youru Wang, Deconstruction and the Ethical in Asian Thought
    • It is the differings and deferrings of language that produce meanings, truths and values