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Opposition vs Countermine - What's the difference?

opposition | countermine |

As nouns the difference between opposition and countermine

is that opposition is the opposition, political opposition; opposition party while countermine is a mine used by defenders to intercept an enemy mine or tunnel.

As a verb countermine is

to plot opposition; to frustrate the initiatives of another.

opposition

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
  • An opposite or contrasting position.
  • An opponent in some form of competition.
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  • (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
  • (senseid)(politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
  • (legal) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
  • (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.

    • Antonyms

    * apposition

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    countermine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mine used by defenders to intercept an enemy mine or tunnel.
  • *1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 436:
  • *:Normally the threat would have been dealt with by means of a counter-mine , but the tunnel was now far too close for that.
  • An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
  • A stratagem or plot by which another stratagem or project is defeated.
  • * Sir Philip Sidney
    • Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror.

    Verb

    (countermin)
  • To plot opposition; to frustrate the initiatives of another.
  • *
    • every gamester will agree how necessary it is to know exactly the play of another, in order to countermine him.

    Synonyms

    * (to plot opposition) counterplot