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opponent vs supporter

opponent

Definitions

adjective

  1. characterized by active hostility

noun

  1. a contestant that you are matched against
  2. someone who offers opposition

Examples

Trent ducked under another swing attack, swept with his feet in a scissors kick that tripped up his opponent and forced him to the ground.

If to "get 'borked' was 'to be unscrupulously torpedoed by an opponent ... to get' miered '[i] s to be' unscrupulously torpedoed by an ally. '

So I stare down at the pool table and pretend to study my opponent's next move.

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supporter

Definitions

noun

  1. a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
  2. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
  3. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
  4. someone who supports or champions something
  5. a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)

Examples

Football arouses a good deal of passion among its supporters.

By 1946, Woodhouse contends, the political objectives of all factions were clear to all, and there was no basis on which to argue that EAM's supporters were 'hoodwinked'. back

Indeed, the chants of ‘York, York, York’ which greeted the final hooter summed up what the supporters thought of their performance and, in particular, their fightback.

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