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action vs opposition

opposition vs action

action and opposition both are nouns.

action is a verb but opposition is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
action Yes No Yes No
opposition Yes No No No
As nouns, opposition is a hyponym of action; that is, opposition is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than action:
  • action: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
  • opposition: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
Other hyponyms of action include thing, exercise, benignity, kindness, accomplishment, achievement, alienation, application, res gestae, course, course of action, interaction, fetch, playing, play, swordplay, arrival, carrying into action, carrying out, execution, performance, choice, option, pick, selection, change, economy, saving, forbiddance, inhibition, prohibition, resistance, bruxism, transfusion, pickings, taking, transgression, aggression, hostility, group action, destabilisation, destabilization, employment, engagement, civility, politeness, reverence, consultation, reference, accenting, accentuation, emphasizing, beatification, jump-start, jumpstart, stupefaction, vampirism.
action (noun) opposition (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field the act of hostile groups opposing each other
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
something done (usually as opposed to something said) a body of people united in opposing something
a military engagement an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
an act by a government body or supranational organization a contestant that you are matched against
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism a direction opposite to another
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). the relation between opposed entities
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
the series of events that form a plot
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
the state of being active
action (verb) opposition (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
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