different between oppose vs obey

English

Etymology

From Middle English opposen, from Old French opposer, from Latin ob (“before, against”) + Medieval Latin pausare (“to put”), taking the place of Latin opponere (“to oppose”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p??z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??po?z/, [??p?o??z?]
• Rhymes: -??z
• Hyphenation: op?pose

Verb

oppose (third-person singular simple present opposes, present participle opposing, simple past and past participle opposed)

1. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.

   Synonyms: confront, withstand, resist, hinder, obstruct, buck
2. To object to.

   Synonyms: take issue with, speak out, contest, repugn, argue

3. To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
   • , Book I

     I may […] oppose my single opinion to his.
4. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

Synonyms

• be against, fight (against), check, bar, block, prevent, take on, counter, contest, resist, confront, face, combat, defy, thwart, contradict, withstand, stand up to, hinder, struggle against, obstruct, fly in the face of, take issue with, be hostile to, counterattack, speak out against, be in opposition to, be in defiance of, strive against, set one's face against, take a stand, make a stand against

Antonyms

• support

Derived terms

• opposable

Related terms

• opponent
• opposer
• opposite
• opposition

Translations

Further reading

• oppose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• oppose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• oppose at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• oppoes

French

Verb

oppose

1. first-person singular present indicative of opposer
2. third-person singular present indicative of opposer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of opposer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of opposer
5. second-person singular imperative of opposer

Italian

Verb

oppose

1. third-person singular past historic of opporre

English

Etymology

From Middle English obeyen, from Anglo-Norman obeir, obeier et al., Old French obeir, from Latin oboedi? (also ob?di? (“to listen to, harken, usually in extended sense, obey, be subject to, serve”)), from ob- (“before, near”) + audi? (“to hear”). Compare audient. In Latin, ob + audire would have been expected to become Classical Latin *ob?di? (compare in + claud? becoming incl?d?), but it has been theorized that the usual law court associations of the word for obeying encouraged a false archaism from ? to oe, to oboedi? (compare Old Latin oinos ? Classical Latin ?nus).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /o??be?/, /??be?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???be?/, /??be?/
• Rhymes: -e?
• Hyphenation: obey

Verb

obey (third-person singular simple present obeys, present participle obeying, simple past and past participle obeyed)

1. (transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
2. (intransitive) To do as one is told.
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iv:

     They were all taught by Triton, to obay / To the long raynes, at her commaundement [...].

Synonyms

• hearken

Antonyms

• disobey
• defy
• rebel
• resist
• violate (especially rules)

Related terms

• obedience
• obedient
• obeisance

Translations

Further reading

• obey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• obey in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

References

Anagrams

• e-boy, yebo