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Resistant vs Resistive - What's the difference?

resistant | resistive |

Resistive is a related term of resistant.



As adjectives the difference between resistant and resistive

is that resistant is which makes resistance or offers opposition while resistive is resisting the passage of electrical current.

As a noun resistant

is a person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.

resistant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
  • A thing which resists.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
  • Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
    • The infection is resistant to antibiotics.
  • (statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.

    • Derived terms

    * resistantly

    See also

    * robust

    References

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    Anagrams

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    resistive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (physics) Resisting the passage of electrical current
    • This material is highly resistive .
  • Tending to resist
    • He had a stubborn, resistive nature.

    Derived terms

    * resistively * resistivity

    Related terms

    * resistant, resistance ----