Apposition vs. Opposition: What's the Difference?
Apposition and Opposition Definitions
Apposition
A construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both having the same syntactic relation to the other elements in the sentence; for example, Copley and the painter in The painter Copley was born in Boston.
Opposition
The act of opposing or resisting.
Apposition
The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
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).
Apposition
A placing side by side or next to each other.
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Opposition
Placement opposite to or in contrast with another.
Apposition
(Biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
Opposition
Something that serves as an obstacle.
Apposition
(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.
Opposition
Often Opposition A political party or an organized group opposed to the group, party, or government in power.
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Apposition
(grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
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.
Apposition
The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.
Opposition
The position of the superior planet or the moon in this configuration.
Apposition
A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
Opposition
(Logic) The relation existing between two propositions having an identical subject and predicate but differing in quantity, quality, or both.
Apposition
(biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
Opposition
(Linguistics) Contrast in a language between two phonemes or other linguistically important elements.
Apposition
(rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
Opposition
The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
The two politicians are in opposition.
Apposition
A public disputation by scholars.
Opposition
An opposite or contrasting position.
Apposition
(UK) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.
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.
Apposition
The act of adding; application; accretion.
It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter.
Opposition
(politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
Leader of the opposition
Apposition
The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.
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.
Apposition
The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.
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.
Apposition
A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows;
`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition
Opposition
(logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.
Apposition
(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
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.
Apposition
The act of positioning close together (or side by side);
It is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors
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
