resistance vs drag
drag vs resistanceresistance and drag both are nouns.
resistance is not a verb while drag is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| resistance | Yes | No | No | No |
| drag | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
drag is a hyponym of
resistance; that is, drag is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
resistance:
- resistance: any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- drag: the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
Other hyponyms of resistance include
friction, rubbing, acoustic impedance, acoustic reactance, acoustic resistance, retarding force.
| resistance (noun) | drag (noun) |
|---|---|
| group action in opposition to those in power | the act of dragging (pulling with force) |
| the military action of resisting the enemy's advance | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) |
| the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with | clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man) |
| an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | something tedious and boring |
| the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) | something that slows or delays progress |
| (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness | the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid |
| 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 |
| resistance (verb) | drag (verb) |
|---|---|
| proceed for an extended period of time | |
| persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting | |
| suck in or take (air) | |
| pull, as against a resistance | |
| draw slowly or heavily | |
| search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost | |
| to lag or linger behind | |
| walk without lifting the feet | |
| move slowly and as if with great effort | |
| use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it | |
| force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action |
Words related to "resistance"
- Maquis
- acoustic impedance
- acoustic reactance
- acoustic resistance
- acquired immunity
- action
- anti-takeover defense
- armed forces
- armed services
- bacteria
- bacterium
- ballast
- ballast resistor
- barretter
- capability
- capacity
- circuit
- condition
- confrontation
- contravention
- deadness
- defiance
- dispute
- dissent
- drag
- electric circuit
- electric resistance
- electrical circuit
- electrical device
- electrical phenomenon
- electrical resistance
- friction
- group action
- immunity
- immunogenicity
- impedance
- innate immunity
- insubordination
- involuntariness
- lockout
- mechanical phenomenon
- medical specialty
- medicine
- military
- military action
- military machine
- natural immunity
- objection
- obstructionism
- ohmage
- ohmic resistance
- opposition
- potential divider
- protest
- psychiatry
- psychological medicine
- psychopathology
- reaction
- rebellion
- rebelliousness
- resist
- resistant
- resistivity
- resistor
- retarding force
- revolutionary group
- rheostat
- rubbing
- sales resistance
- status
- underground
- unresponsiveness
- unwillingness
- variable resistor
- voltage divider
- war machine
Words related to "drag"
- article of clothing
- aspiration
- balk
- baulk
- bouse
- bowse
- breathe in
- breathing in
- cart
- check
- clothing
- colloquialism
- dawdle
- deterrent
- displace
- drag in
- drag on
- drag out
- dragger
- draw
- dredge
- drop back
- drop behind
- embroil
- fall back
- fall behind
- get behind
- go
- habiliment
- hale
- handicap
- hang back
- haul
- hinderance
- hindrance
- impediment
- inhalation
- inhale
- inspiration
- inspire
- intake
- involve
- lag
- locomote
- look for
- move
- persuade
- proceed
- puff
- pull
- pull along
- pulling
- resistance
- retarding force
- schlep
- scuff
- scuffle
- search
- seek
- shamble
- shlep
- shuffle
- smoke
- smoking
- sonic barrier
- sound barrier
- sweep
- sweep up
- tangle
- tediousness
- tedium
- tiresomeness
- toke
- trail
- train
- travel
- underrun
- vesture
- wear
- wearable
- windage
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