oppose vs appose
Definitions
verb
- act against or in opposition to
- contrast with equal weight or force
- fight against or resist strongly
- be resistant to
- set into opposition or rivalry
Examples
And there are a lot of so-called federalists, people who are just generally opposed to the extension of federal power and who object, who say look, this is the same thing that we objected to when liberals did it.
In July, the project came to a standstill for nine days when workers stopped to oppose the use of non-union contract labour on the site.
A cenobite is usually a monk in a monastery, as opposed to an anchorite, who is a monk living alone (also called an ‘eremite’ or ‘hermit’).
Definitions
verb
- place side by side or in close proximity
Examples
Epithelioid cells were closely apposed with interdigitating cytoplasmic processes, occasional desmosome-like functional complexes, and uniform, narrow intercellular spaces.
Those who appose any form of a health care agenda in most cases will be defeated financially – big time.
Certaines personnes, souvent d'ailleurs celles qui ont le pouvoir donné par une institution d'appartenance, s'assoient sur le droit d'auteur, n'hésitant pas à apposer leur nom sur un texte écrit par un autre.
