Apposition vs. Opposition
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.
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.
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 aheadAppositionnoun
a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows;
`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of appositionOppositionnoun
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 oppositionAppositionnoun
the act of positioning close together (or side by side);
it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colorsOppositionnoun
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 enemiesOppositionnoun
a political party opposed to the party in power and prepared to replace it if elected;
Her Majesty's loyal opposition
