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.
This piece serves as a substantial conjurer of what we might term the castrati-c imagination through its vivid representation of the materiality of sound as music, and one that locates this sound visually in a manner that does not oppose it to its evanescence, its temporality.
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.
It is truly amazing how in the lack of sound rational arguments, those who appose Christianity are so quick to resort to name calling, baseless accusations, and outright lies about a persons past.
Preferably enough who appose the horrendous healthcare bill that was recently signed, so it can be overturned before causing too much damage to our nation as a whole.
