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Resistance vs Appellant - What's the difference?

resistance | appellant |

As nouns the difference between resistance and appellant

is that resistance is resistance (all meanings) while appellant is (legal) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court.

As an adjective appellant is

(legal) of or relating to appeals.

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.

    • Anagrams

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    appellant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * appellaunt (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (legal) of or relating to appeals
  • * Hallam
    • An appellant jurisdiction.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court.
    • The appellant made her submissions to the court

    Coordinate terms

    * appellee