opposition vs orthogonality

orthogonality vs opposition

opposition and orthogonality both are nouns.

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

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

opposition: a direction opposite to another
orthogonality: the relation of opposition between things at right angles

Other hyponyms of opposition include orthogonal opposition, perpendicularity, antipodal, antipodal opposition, diametrical opposition, enantiomorphism, mirror-image relation.

opposition (noun)	orthogonality (noun)
the act of hostile groups opposing each other	the quality of lying or intersecting at right angles
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with	the relation of opposition between things at right angles
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

Difference between opposition and orthogonality

Words related to "orthogonality"

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