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Resister vs Resistant - What's the difference?

resister | resistant |

As nouns the difference between resister and resistant

is that resister is a person who resists going along with others in a common course of action while resistant is a person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.

As an adjective resistant is

which makes resistance or offers opposition.

resister

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who resists going along with others in a common course of action.
  • A person who fights against a government.
  • (electronics) A device that bars the passage of an electric charge between two points.
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    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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