resistance vs objection

objection vs resistance

resistance and objection both are nouns.

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

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

resistance: group action in opposition to those in power
objection: the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

Other hyponyms of resistance include confrontation, opposition, sales resistance, defiance, contravention, dispute, obstructionism, dissent, protest, rebellion, insubordination, rebelliousness.

resistance (noun)	objection (noun)
group action in opposition to those in power	(law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality
the military action of resisting the enemy's advance	the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with	the speech act of objecting
an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current	the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
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

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