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Opposit vs Opposition - What's the difference?

opposit | opposition |

As nouns the difference between opposit and opposition

is that opposit is archaic form of lang=en while opposition is the action of opposing or of being in conflict.

As an adjective opposit

is archaic form of lang=en.

As a verb opposit

is to posit or assume as a contradictory; negative or deny.

opposit

English

Adjective

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    • , 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 . }}
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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 ----

    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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    • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition .}}
  • (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

    External links

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