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resistance vs action

action vs resistance

resistance and action both are nouns.

resistance is not a verb while action is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
resistance Yes No No No
action Yes No Yes No
As nouns, action is a hypernym of resistance; that is, action is a word with a broader meaning than resistance:
  • resistance: the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
  • action: a military engagement
Other hypernyms of resistance include military action.
As nouns, action is a hypernym of resistance; that is, action is a word with a broader meaning than resistance:
  • resistance: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
  • action: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
resistance (noun) action (noun)
group action in opposition to those in power the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
the military action of resisting the enemy's advance a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with something done (usually as opposed to something said)
an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current a military engagement
the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) an act by a government body or supranational organization
(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms the series of events that form a plot
(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents the state of being active
resistance (verb) action (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
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