antagonist vs opposition

antagonist and opposition both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
antagonist	Yes	No	No	No
opposition	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, opposition is a hyponym of antagonist; that is, opposition is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than antagonist:

antagonist: someone who offers opposition
opposition: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

Other hyponyms of antagonist include dueler, duelist, dueller, duellist, enemy, foe, foeman, Luddite, withstander.

antagonist (noun)	opposition (noun)
a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug	the act of hostile groups opposing each other
a muscle that relaxes while another contracts	the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
someone who offers opposition	a body of people united in opposing something
	an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
	a contestant that you are matched against
	a direction opposite to another
	the relation between opposed entities

antagonist vs opposition

antagonist and opposition both are nouns.

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