contradict vs resist

contradict and resist both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
contradict	No	No	Yes	No
resist	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of contradict include blackball, negative, veto, dissent, protest.

contradict (verb)	resist (verb)
prove negative; show to be false	stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
deny the truth of	withstand the force of something
be resistant to	refuse to comply
be in contradiction with	express opposition through action or words
	elude, especially in a baffling way
	resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ