Opposite vs Opposing - What's the difference?
opposite | opposing |
Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
Facing in the other direction.
Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
* Dryden
* John Locke
Something opposite or contrary to another.
An opponent.
An antonym.
(mathematics) An additive inverse.
In an opposite position.
Facing, or across from.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
In a complementary role to.
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That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
As adjectives the difference between opposite and opposing
is that opposite is located directly across from something else, or from each other while opposing is that opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.As a noun opposite
is something opposite or contrary to another.As an adverb opposite
is in an opposite position.As a preposition opposite
is facing, or across from.As a verb opposing is
present participle of lang=en.opposite
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Alternative forms
* (l) (archaic)Adjective
(-)- She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.
- They were moving in opposite directions.
- He has a lot of success with the opposite sex.
- Novels, by which the reader is misled into another sort of pieasure opposite to that which is designed in an epic poem.
- Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes almost opposite , significations.
Derived terms
* opposite sexNoun
(en noun)- "Up" is the opposite of "down".
Derived terms
* opposites attractAdverb
(-)- I was on my seat and she stood opposite .
Preposition
(English prepositions)See also
* appositeStatistics
* 1000 English basic words ----opposing
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Adjective
(-)- opposing armies
