supporter vs opponent
Definitions
noun
- a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
- a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
- someone who supports or champions something
- 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.
Definitions
adjective
- characterized by active hostility
noun
- a contestant that you are matched against
- 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.
The Hoosiers have played their Division 1A opponents even on the scoreboard at 30.8 points scored and 31.0 allowed, but the Hoosiers have faced three bad teams in Western Kentucky, Akron, and Arkansas State and they've been badly outplayed from the line of scrimmage 5.9 yards per play to 7.2 yppl.
If to "get 'borked' was 'to be unscrupulously torpedoed by an opponent ... to get' miered '[i] s to be' unscrupulously torpedoed by an ally. '
