Apposition vs. Opposition

Apposition vs. Opposition — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Apposition and Opposition

Appositionnoun

(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.

Oppositionnoun

The action of opposing or of being in conflict.

Appositionnoun

(grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.

Oppositionnoun

An opposite or contrasting position.

Appositionnoun

The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.

Oppositionnoun

(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.

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Appositionnoun

A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.

Oppositionnoun

(politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.

Appositionnoun

(biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.

Oppositionnoun

(legal) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.

Appositionnoun

(rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.

Oppositionnoun

(chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.

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Appositionnoun

A public disputation by scholars.

Oppositionnoun

(logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.

Appositionnoun

(UK) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.

Oppositionnoun

the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with;

he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizensdespite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead

Appositionnoun

a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows;

`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition

Oppositionnoun

the relation between opposed entities

Appositionnoun

(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material

Oppositionnoun

the act of opposing groups confronting each other;

the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unionsthe invaders encountered stiff opposition

Appositionnoun

the act of positioning close together (or side by side);

it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors

Oppositionnoun

a contestant that you are matched against

Oppositionnoun

a body of people united in opposing something

Oppositionnoun

a direction opposite to another

Oppositionnoun

an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force);

a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies

Oppositionnoun

a political party opposed to the party in power and prepared to replace it if elected;

Her Majesty's loyal opposition