Withstand vs. Resist — What's the Difference?

To resist or oppose with determined effort

A resist, used in many areas of manufacturing and art, is something that is added to parts of an object to create a pattern by protecting these parts from being affected by a subsequent stage in the process. Often the resist is then removed.

To be undamaged or unaffected by

To take action in opposition to; try to eliminate, reduce, or stop

To resist or endure successfully.

To take action to defeat or thwart (an invading or occupying military force).

(transitive) To resist or endure (something) successfully.

To remain unaltered, undamaged, or unaffected by; withstand

To oppose (something) forcefully.

To provide resistance to (an electrical current).

To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments.

To keep from giving in to, engaging in, or enjoying

Resist or confront with resistance;

To offer resistance.

Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

A substance that can cover and protect a surface, as from corrosion.

(transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.

(transitive) To withstand the actions of.

(intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.

To be distasteful to.

A protective coating or covering.

To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.

To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.

To be distasteful to.

To make opposition.

A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers; - also called reserve. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes.

Something that resists or prevents a certain action;

Elude, especially in a baffling way;

Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

Express opposition through action or words;

Withstand the force of something;

Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ;

Refuse to comply