Resilient vs Resistance - What's the difference?
resilient | resistance |
Able to endure tribulation without cracking.
* 1994 , Michael Grumley, The Last Diary :
The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 (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.
As a verb resilient
is .As a noun resistance is
resistance (all meanings).resilient
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He’s resilient , and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost.
Derived terms
* resilienceSynonyms
* bendable * flexible * strongAntonyms
* brittle * fragileresistance
English
Alternative forms
* resistaunce (obsolete)Noun
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.}}