Resistant vs Resisted - What's the difference?
resistant | resisted |
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.
(resist)
To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
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(obsolete) To be distasteful to.
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As verbs the difference between resistant and resisted
is that resistant is while resisted is (resist).As a noun resistant
is resistant.As an adjective resistant
is resistant.resistant
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- The infection is resistant to antibiotics.
Derived terms
* resistantlySee also
* robustReferences
*Anagrams
* ----resisted
English
Verb
(head)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,