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Resistance vs Disobedience - What's the difference?

resistance | disobedience |

As nouns the difference between resistance and disobedience

is that resistance is resistance (all meanings) while disobedience is refusal to obey.

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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    disobedience

    English

    Noun

  • Refusal to obey.
    • The teacher complained of the child's disobedience .

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

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    Derived terms

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