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Opposition vs Dislike - What's the difference?

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Opposition is a related term of dislike.


As nouns the difference between opposition and dislike

is that opposition is the opposition, political opposition; opposition party while dislike is an attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

As a verb dislike is

(obsolete|transitive) to displease; to offend (in third-person only).

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

    dislike

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
  • Verb

    (dislik)
  • (obsolete) To displease; to offend. (In third-person only.)
  • *, II.12:
  • customes and conceipts differing from mine, doe not so much dislike .
  • To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.
  • Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Antonyms

    * like

    See also

    * abhor * despise * detest * hate * loathe