Resist vs Withdraw - What's the difference?
resist | withdraw |
To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
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, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= To withstand the actions of.
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, title= To oppose.
(obsolete) To be distasteful to.
* 1608 , , II. iii. 29:
To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
* Hooker
To take back (a comment, etc).
To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
To extract (money from an account).
To retreat.
To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.
* 1994 , (Edward St Aubyn), Bad News , Picador 2006, p. 201:
In transitive terms the difference between resist and withdraw
is that resist is to withstand the actions of while withdraw is to extract (money from an account).In intransitive terms the difference between resist and withdraw
is that resist is to oppose while withdraw is to be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.As a noun resist
is a protective coating or covering.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,
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeDerived terms
* resistanceSynonyms
* (l) * (l) * (l)Antonyms
* obey * submitDerived terms
* irresistible * irresistibly * resistance * resistant * resistantly * resistible * resistibly * resistive * resistively * resistless * resistlessly * resistorAnagrams
*References
withdraw
English
Verb
- Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything.
- to withdraw false charges
- Simon had tried to rob a bank while he was withdrawing , but he had been forced to surrender to the police after they had fired several volleys at him.