different between opposer vs disputant

English

Etymology

oppose +? -er

Noun

opposer (plural opposers)

1. One who opposes, one who shows opposition.
   • 1984, Catherine Garvey, Children's Talk (page 145)

     For example, after the opposer had objected to the opposee's plan to drive the car, the opposee suggested, "We can take turns driving the car."

Anagrams

• poopers, propose

French

Etymology

Most likely an amalgamation between the Latin verbs opposu?, opposuisse and paus?, paus?re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.po.ze/

Verb

opposer

1. to oppose

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• propose, proposé

English

Etymology

dispute +? -ant

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /d??spjut?nt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??spju?.t?nt/

Noun

disputant (plural disputants)

1. A participant in a dispute.
   • 1893, Henry James, Collaboration [1]

     One of the liveliest scenes of the performance was the evening, last winter, on which I became aware that one of my compatriots – an American, my good friend Alfred Bonus – was engaged in a controversy somewhat acrimonious, on a literary subject, with Herman Heidenmauer, the young composer who had been playing to us divinely a short time before and whom I thought of neither as a disputant nor as an Englishman.

Adjective

disputant (comparative more disputant, superlative most disputant)

1. Disputing; engaged in controversy.

Catalan

Verb

disputant

1. present participle of disputar

French

Verb

disputant

1. present participle of disputer

Latin

Verb

disputant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of disput?