different between conflict vs opposition

English

Etymology

From Latin conflictus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• Noun
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?n.fl?kt/
  • (US) enPR: k?n'fl?kt, IPA^(key): /?k?n.fl?kt/
• Verb
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n?fl?kt/
  • (US) enPR: k?nfl?kt', k?n'fl?kt, IPA^(key): /k?n?fl?kt/, /?k?n.fl?kt/

Noun

conflict (countable and uncountable, plural conflicts)

1. A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.

2. An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

conflict (third-person singular simple present conflicts, present participle conflicting, simple past and past participle conflicted)

1. (intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
2. (intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

   Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.

   It appears that our schedules conflict.

Derived terms

• conflicted

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “conflict”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• conflict at OneLook Dictionary Search

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?nfl?ctus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?fl?kt/
• Hyphenation: con?flict
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

conflict n (plural conflicten, diminutive conflictje n)

1. A conflict, clash or dispute

Derived terms

• belangenconflict
• conflictdiamant
• conflicthaard
• conflictmineraal
• conflictsituatie
• conflictstof

Related terms

• conflictueus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: konflik
• ? Indonesian: konflik
• ? West Frisian: konflikt

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin conflictus

Noun

conflict n (plural conflicte)

1. conflict

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English opposicioun, from Old French oposicion (whence French opposition), from Late Latin oppositi?, translating Ancient Greek ????????? (antíthesis), from the past participle stem of classical Latin opp?n? (“I set against”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??z???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??z??n?/

Noun

opposition (plural oppositions)

1. The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
2. An opposite or contrasting position.
3. (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
5. (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
6. (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
7. (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
8. (logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.

Antonyms

• apposition

Translations

Further reading

• opposition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Noun

opposition

1. Genitive singular form of oppositio.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from post-classical Latin oppositi? (translating Ancient Greek ????????? (antíthesis)), from the past participle stem of classical Latin opp?n? (“I set against”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.po.zi.sj??/

Noun

opposition f (plural oppositions)

1. opposition

Derived terms

• par opposition à

Further reading

• “opposition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).