Opposed vs. Opposite
Difference Between Opposed and Opposite
Opposedadjective
Acting in opposition; opposing.
Oppositeadjective
Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.Opposedadjective
Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.
Oppositeadjective
(botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
Opposedverb
simple past tense and past participle of oppose
Oppositeadjective
Facing in the other direction.
They were moving in opposite directions.Opposedadjective
in opposition to (a policy or attitude etc.);
an opposing voteOppositeadjective
Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
He has a lot of success with the opposite sex.Opposedadjective
being in opposition or having an opponent;
two bitterly opposed schools of thoughtOppositeadjective
Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
Oppositenoun
Something opposite or contrary to something else.
Oppositenoun
An opponent.
Oppositenoun
An antonym.
"Up" is the opposite of "down".Oppositenoun
(mathematics) An additive inverse.
Oppositeadverb
In an opposite position.
I was on my seat and she stood opposite.Oppositepreposition
Facing, or across from.
He lives opposite the pub.Oppositepreposition
In a complementary role to.
He played opposite Marilyn Monroe.Oppositepreposition
(television) On another channel at the same time.
The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS.Oppositenoun
two words that express opposing concepts;
to him the opposite of gay was depressedOppositenoun
a relation of direct opposition;
we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was trueOppositenoun
a contestant that you are matched against
Oppositenoun
something inverted in sequence or character or effect;
when the direct approach failed he tried the inverseOppositeadjective
being directly across from each other; facing;
And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarmwe lived on opposite sides of the streetat opposite polesOppositeadjective
of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;
opposite leavesOppositeadjective
moving or facing away from each other;
looking in opposite directionsthey went in opposite directionsOppositeadjective
the other one of a complementary pair;
the opposite sexthe two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colorsOppositeadjective
altogether different in nature or quality or significance;
the medicine's effect was opposite to that intendedit is said that opposite characters make a union happiestOppositeadjective
characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed;
in diametric contradiction to his claimsdiametrical (or opposite) points of viewopposite meaningsextreme and indefensible polar positionsOppositeadverb
directly facing each other;
the two photographs lay face-to-face on the tablelived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the streetthey sat opposite at the table
