Retaliate vs Resist - What's the difference?
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To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
To repay or requite by an act of the same kind.
* Sir T. Herbert
* Jonathan Swift
To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
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(obsolete) To be distasteful to.
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In lang=en terms the difference between retaliate and resist
is that retaliate is to repay or requite by an act of the same kind while resist is to oppose.As verbs the difference between retaliate and resist
is that retaliate is to do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront while resist is to attempt to counter the actions or effects of.As a noun resist is
a protective coating or covering oxford english dictionary , 2nd ed, 1989.retaliate
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Verb
(retaliat)- John insulted Peter to retaliate for Peter's acid remark earlier.
- One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated .
- It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors.
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*resist
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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,
