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word vs opposite

opposite vs word

word and opposite both are nouns.

word is not an adjective while opposite is an adjective.

word is a verb but opposite is not a verb.

word is not an adverb while opposite is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
word Yes No Yes No
opposite Yes Yes No Yes
As nouns, opposite is a hyponym of word; that is, opposite is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than word:
  • word: a unit of language that native speakers can identify
  • opposite: a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
Other hyponyms of word include anagram, anaphor, antonym, opposite word, paronym, back-formation, charade, cognate, cognate word, content word, open-class word, contraction, deictic, deictic word, derivative, diminutive, dirty word, dissyllable, disyllable, descriptor, form, signifier, word form, four-letter Anglo-Saxon word, four-letter word, closed-class word, function word, catchword, guide word, guideword, head, head word, headword, heteronym, holonym, whole name, homonym, hypernym, superordinate, superordinate word, hyponym, subordinate, subordinate word, key word, hybrid, loan-blend, loanblend, loan, loanword, meronym, part name, metonym, monosyllabic word, monosyllable, coinage, neologism, neology, hapax legomenon, nonce word, oxytone, palindrome, primitive, paroxytone, partitive, polysemant, polysemantic word, polysemous word, polysyllabic word, polysyllable, proparoxytone, quantifier, logical quantifier, quantifier, reduplication, retronym, substantive, equivalent word, synonym, term, language, nomenclature, terminology, trisyllable, manner name, troponym, spoken word, vocable, classifier, written word, syncategorem, syncategoreme, poeticism.
word (noun) opposite (noun)
a unit of language that native speakers can identify a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
a promise a contestant that you are matched against
information about recent and important events a relation of direct opposition
a brief statement something inverted in sequence or character or effect
an exchange of views on some topic
a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
a verbal command for action
a string of bits stored in computer memory
word (adjective) opposite (adjective)
of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
the other one of a complementary pair
being directly across from each other; facing
altogether different in nature or quality or significance
moving or facing away from each other
word (verb) opposite (verb)
put into words or an expression
word (adverb) opposite (adverb)
directly facing each other
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