retarding force vs resistance

retarding force and resistance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
retarding force	Yes	No	No	No
resistance	Yes	No	No	No

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

retarding force (noun)	resistance (noun)
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid	group action in opposition to those in power
	the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
	the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
	an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
	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