Opposition vs Standoff - What's the difference?
opposition | standoff |
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= (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.
A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring.
* 2014 , Wikipedia,
A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists (see stand off and below).
As nouns the difference between opposition and standoff
is that opposition is the opposition, political opposition; opposition party while standoff is a device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring.As a verb standoff is
.opposition
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Noun
(en noun)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 .}}
Antonyms
* appositionExternal links
* (wikipedia) ----standoff
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Alternative forms
* stand off * stand-offNoun
(en noun)- Feedlines attaching antennas to radio equipment, particularly twin lead type, often must be kept at a distance from metal structures. The insulated supports used for this purpose are called standoff insulators.
- I don't want to get involved in the standoff between those two.
- A tense standoff between demonstrators and police continued overnight.