confront vs oppose

confront and oppose both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confront	No	No	Yes	No
oppose	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, oppose is a hyponym of confront; that is, oppose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than confront:

Other hyponyms of confront include breast, front, take the bull by the horns, match, pit, play off.

confront (verb)	oppose (verb)
deal with (something unpleasant) head on	be resistant to
present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize	be against; express opposition to
oppose, as in hostility or a competition	set into opposition or rivalry
be face to face with	fight against or resist strongly
	act against or in opposition to
	contrast with equal weight or force