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Contrary vs Opposit - What's the difference?

contrary | opposit |

As adjectives the difference between contrary and opposit

is that contrary is opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse while opposit is .

As nouns the difference between contrary and opposit

is that contrary is the opposite while opposit is .

As verbs the difference between contrary and opposit

is that contrary is (obsolete) to oppose; to frustrate while opposit is to posit or assume as a contradictory; negative or deny.

As an adverb contrary

is contrarily.

contrary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
  • contrary winds
  • * Bible, Leviticus xxvi. 21
  • And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me
  • * Shakespeare
  • We have lost our labour; they are gone a contrary way.
  • Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
  • * Whewell
  • The doctrine of the earth's motion appeared to be contrary to the sacred Scripture.
  • Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
  • a contrary''' disposition; a '''contrary child

    Derived terms

    * contrarian * contrarily * contrariwise * contrary to

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Contrarily
  • Noun

    (contraries)
  • The opposite.
  • * Shakespeare
  • No contraries hold more antipathy / Than I and such a knave.
  • One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true.
  • * I. Watts
  • If two universals differ in quality, they are contraries ; as, every vine is a tree; no vine is a tree. These can never be both true together; but they may be both false.

    Synonyms

    * witherward

    Derived terms

    * on the contrary * to the contrary

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate.
  • *Bishop Latimer
  • *:I was advised not to contrary the king.
  • *, I.47:
  • *:The Athenians having left the enemie in their owne land, for to pass into Sicilie , had very ill successe, and were much contraried by fortune.
  • (obsolete) To impugn.
  • (obsolete) To contradict (someone or something).
  • *:
  • *:thus wilfully sir Palomydes dyd bataille with yow / & as for hym sir I was not gretely aferd but I dred fore la?celot that knew yow not / Madame said Palomydes ye maye saye what so ye wyll / I maye not contrary yow but by my knyghthode I knewe not sir Tristram
  • *, II.12:
  • *:I finde them everie one in his turne to have reason, although they contrary one another.
  • (obsolete) To do the opposite of (someone'' or ''something ).
  • (obsolete) To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to .
  • (obsolete) To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.
  • (obsolete) To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.
  • References

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    opposit

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
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  • * {{quote-book
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  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1931 , year_published=2010 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author=Joseph Bowden , title=Elements of the Theory of Intergers , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher= , isbn= , page=65 , passage=Since every primary number represents some integer (§ 160), every primary number has its opposit . }}
  • * {{quote-book
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to posit or assume as a contradictory; negative or deny
  • References

    * Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol. V, p. 4131, opposit * Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Supplement, Vol. XII, p. 0902, opposit ----