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Resignation vs Resistance - What's the difference?

resignation | resistance |

As nouns the difference between resignation and resistance

is that resignation is resignation (state of uncomplaining frustration) while resistance is resistance (all meanings).

resignation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • the act of resigning
  • a written or oral declaration that one resigns
  • state of uncomplaining, utter frustration

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    resistance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * resistaunce (obsolete)

    Noun

  • The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}
  • (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
  • (physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.
  • An underground organization engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation.

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