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Oppugns vs Oppugner - What's the difference?

oppugns | oppugner |

As a verb oppugns

is (oppugn).

As a noun oppugner is

someone who oppugns; an opponent.

oppugns

English

Verb

(head)
  • (oppugn)

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    oppugn

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To contradict or controvert; to oppose; to challenge or question the truth or validity of a given statement.
  • * 1761 (Laurence Sterne), , volume III, page 180, London: R. and J. Dodsley.
  • *:It is for the same reason, that is, because 'tis all comprehended in Slawkenbergius, that I say nothing likewise of Scroderus (Andrea) who all the world knows, set himself to oppugn Prignitz with great violence, ---- proving it in his own way, first logically, and then by a series of stubborn facts

    • Related terms

    * impugn * pugnacious * repugnant

    Derived terms

    * oppugnable * oppugnancy * oppugnant * oppugner

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    oppugner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who oppugns; an opponent.
  • *, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.168:
  • *:Revenge and malice were as two violent oppugners on the one side; but honesty, religion, fear of God, withheld him on the other.
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