opposition vs resistance

resistance vs opposition

opposition and resistance both are nouns.

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

As nouns, resistance is a hypernym of opposition; that is, resistance is a word with a broader meaning than opposition:

opposition: the act of hostile groups opposing each other
resistance: group action in opposition to those in power

As nouns, opposition and resistance are synonyms defined as:

opposition and resistance: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

opposition (noun)	resistance (noun)
the act of hostile groups opposing each other	group action in opposition to those in power
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with	the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
a body of people united in opposing something	the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)	an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
a contestant that you are matched against	the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
a direction opposite to another	(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
the relation between opposed entities	a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
	any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
	a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
	(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
	the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents

Difference between opposition and resistance

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