Opposed vs. Opposite

Opposed vs. Opposite — Is There a Difference?
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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.
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Opposedadjective

in opposition to (a policy or attitude etc.);

an opposing vote

Oppositeadjective

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 thought

Oppositeadjective

Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.

Oppositenoun

Something opposite or contrary to something else.

Oppositenoun

An opponent.

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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 depressed

Oppositenoun

a relation of direct opposition;

we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true

Oppositenoun

a contestant that you are matched against

Oppositenoun

something inverted in sequence or character or effect;

when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse

Oppositeadjective

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 poles

Oppositeadjective

of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;

opposite leaves

Oppositeadjective

moving or facing away from each other;

looking in opposite directionsthey went in opposite directions

Oppositeadjective

the other one of a complementary pair;

the opposite sexthe two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors

Oppositeadjective

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 happiest

Oppositeadjective

characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed;

in diametric contradiction to his claimsdiametrical (or opposite) points of viewopposite meaningsextreme and indefensible polar positions

Oppositeadverb

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