an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) |
a narrow opening | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war |
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures | an incompatibility of dates or events |
a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations | a disagreement or argument about something important |
an open or empty space in or between things | opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings |
a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks | opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot) |
| a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests |