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action vs resistance

resistance vs action

action and resistance both are nouns.

action is a verb but resistance is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
action Yes No Yes No
resistance Yes No No No
As nouns, resistance is a hyponym of action; that is, resistance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than action:
  • action: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
  • resistance: 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, opposition, 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.
As nouns, resistance is a hyponym of action; that is, resistance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than action:
  • action: a military engagement
  • resistance: the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
Other hyponyms of action include amphibious landing, battle, conflict, engagement, fight, blockade, encirclement, defence, defense, defensive measure, electronic warfare, EW, police action, saber rattling, sabre rattling, sally, sortie, war, warfare.
action (noun) resistance (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field group action in opposition to those in power
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 military action of resisting the enemy's advance
something done (usually as opposed to something said) the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
a military engagement an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
an act by a government body or supranational organization the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
the series of events that form a plot a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
the state of being active the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
action (verb) resistance (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
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