Resistant vs Resist - What's the difference?
resistant | resist |
A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
A thing which resists.
Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
(statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.
To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
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(obsolete) To be distasteful to.
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Resistant is a derived term of resist.
As nouns the difference between resistant and resist
is that resistant is a person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement while resist is a protective coating or covering oxford english dictionary , 2nd ed, 1989.As a adjective resistant
is that which makes resistance or offers opposition.As a verb resist is
to attempt to counter the actions or effects of.resistant
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- The infection is resistant to antibiotics.
Derived terms
* resistantlySee also
* robustReferences
*Anagrams
* ----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,