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Resistance vs Withstand - What's the difference?

resistance | withstand |

As a noun resistance

is the act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

As a verb withstand is

to resist or endure (something) successfully.

resistance

English

Alternative forms

* resistaunce (obsolete)

Noun

  • The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
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  • , 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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    withstand

    English

    Verb

  • To resist or endure (something) successfully.
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  • To oppose (something) forcefully.