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Opposing vs Differing - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between opposing and differing

is that opposing is present participle of lang=en while differing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective opposing

is that opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.

As a noun differing is

difference.

opposing

English

Adjective

(-)
  • That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
    • opposing armies

    Verb

    (head)

    • 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