Hostility vs. Opposition — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hostility and Opposition
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Hostility
Hostility is seen as form of emotionally charged aggressive behavior. In everyday speech it is more commonly used as a synonym for anger and aggression.
Opposition
The act of opposing or resisting.
Hostility
The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity.
Opposition
The condition of being in conflict; antagonism
"The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself" (Virginia Woolf).
Hostility
A hostile act.
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Opposition
Placement opposite to or in contrast with another.
Hostility
Hostilities Acts of war; overt warfare.
Opposition
Something that serves as an obstacle.
Hostility
(uncountable) The state of being hostile.
My resentment and anger towards you caused hostility and a division between us.
Opposition
Often Opposition A political party or an organized group opposed to the group, party, or government in power.
Hostility
(countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.
Opposition
The position of two celestial objects when their longitude differs by 180°, especially a configuration in which the sun and a superior planet or the moon are on opposite sides of Earth.
Hostility
State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.
Hostility being thus suspended with France.
Opposition
The position of the superior planet or the moon in this configuration.
Hostility
An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. See hostilities
He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend.
Opposition
(Logic) The relation existing between two propositions having an identical subject and predicate but differing in quantity, quality, or both.
Hostility
A hostile (very unfriendly) disposition;
He could not conceal his hostility
Opposition
(Linguistics) Contrast in a language between two phonemes or other linguistically important elements.
Hostility
A state of deep-seated ill-will
Opposition
The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
The two politicians are in opposition.
Hostility
The feeling of a hostile person;
He could no longer contain his hostility
Opposition
An opposite or contrasting position.
Hostility
Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
Opposition
(astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
Hostility
Acts of overt warfare;
The outbreak of hostilities
Opposition
(politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
Leader of the opposition
Opposition
(legal) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
Opposition
(chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
Opposition
(logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.
Opposition
The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
The counterpoise of so great an opposition.
Virtue which breaks through all opposition.
Opposition
The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.
Opposition
Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
Opposition
That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power.
Opposition
The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180°; - signified by the symbol ; as,
Opposition
The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.
Opposition
The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with;
He encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens
Despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
Opposition
The relation between opposed entities
Opposition
The act of opposing groups confronting each other;
The government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions
The invaders encountered stiff opposition
Opposition
A contestant that you are matched against
Opposition
A body of people united in opposing something
Opposition
A direction opposite to another
Opposition
An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force);
A soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies
Opposition
A political party opposed to the party in power and prepared to replace it if elected;
Her Majesty's loyal opposition
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