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Opposing vs Oppositional - What's the difference?

opposing | oppositional |

As adjectives the difference between opposing and oppositional

is that opposing is that opposes or oppose; on the opposite side while oppositional is of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition.

As a verb opposing

is present participle of lang=en.

opposing

English

Adjective

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

    Verb

    (head)

    • oppositional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=March 10, author=Steven Lee Myers, title=Kasparov, Building Opposition to Putin, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=And he has brought to oppositional politics the same energy and aggression that characterized his chess, attacking Mr. Putin and the Kremlin — or the regime, as he repeatedly calls it — with language rarely spoken so bluntly in Russia. }}

    Derived terms

    *oppositionally *oppositionality