Resist vs Outhold - What's the difference?
resist | outhold |
To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
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(obsolete) To be distasteful to.
* 1608 , , II. iii. 29:
To hold out; extend.
To hold out, endure; resist, withstand; keep out by force, exclude.
To hold better than someone or something else.
(poker) To hold longer than another player.
English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs
As verbs the difference between resist and outhold
is that resist is to attempt to counter the actions or effects of while outhold is to hold out; extend.As a noun resist
is a protective coating or covering oxford english dictionary , 2nd ed, 1989.resist
English
Verb
(en verb)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!
- These cates resist me,
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeDerived terms
* resistanceSynonyms
* (l) * (l) * (l)Antonyms
* obey * submitDerived terms
* irresistible * irresistibly * resistance * resistant * resistantly * resistible * resistibly * resistive * resistively * resistless * resistlessly * resistorAnagrams
*References
outhold
English
Verb
- This new tack outholds the older one.