different between opposit vs apposite

English

Etymology

Middle English opposit, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of opp?n? (“I oppose”).

Adjective

opposit (not comparable)

1. Archaic form of opposite.

Noun

opposit (plural opposits)

1. Archaic form of opposite.

Verb

opposit (third-person singular simple present opposits, present participle oppositing, simple past and past participle opposited)

1. to posit or assume as a contradictory; negative or deny

References

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, volume V, page 4131, opposit
• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Supplement, volume XII, page 0902, opposit

Middle English

Alternative forms

• opposyt

Adjective

opposit

1. contrary or opposed in location or direction; on the opposite side from
   • c. 1392, Equatorie of the Planets

   Procede in the same litel cercle to ward lettere E opposit to D.

Noun

opposit (plural opposits)

1. a position of 180? away
   • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, Treatise on the Astrolabe

     The opposit of the south lyne is the north.

English

Etymology

From Latin appositus, past participle of adponere, from ad- + ponere (“to put, place”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?a.p?.z?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ.p?.z?t/, IPA^(key): /??p?z?t/

Adjective

apposite (comparative more apposite, superlative most apposite)

1. Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
   • c. 1833–1856, Andrew Carrick, John Addington Symonds (editors), Medical Topography of Bristol, in Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association/Volume 2/3,

     Medical Topography would be the most apposite title, since it comprehends the principal objects of investigation; [...].

   • 1919, H. L. Mencken, The American Language: An inquiry into the development of English in the United States, Chapter 15: The Expanding Vocabulary,

     Rough-neck is a capital word; it is more apposite and savory than the English navvy, and it is over-whelmingly more American.
2. Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.
   • 1971, University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Volume 34, page 262,

     In other words, they are used to name, rather than to describe. They are apposite nouns and not adjectives.

3. Related, homologous.
   • 2000, David Skeele, "All That Monarchs Do": The Obscured Stages of Authority in Pericles, in Pericles: Critical Essays,

     If the shift in theatrical setting and the shift in dramaturgy are at all related, they are apposite developments, independent yet homologous signs of a changing political and cultural climate.

Synonyms

• (appropriate or relevant): to the point; See also Thesaurus:pertinent
• (positioned at rest in respect to another):
• (related): See also Thesaurus:connected

Related terms

• appositely
• appositeness
• apposition

Translations

Noun

apposite (plural apposites)

1. (rare) That which is apposite; something suitable.

See also

• opposite

References

Italian

Adjective

apposite

1. feminine plural of apposito

Latin

Participle

apposite

1. vocative masculine singular of appositus

References

• apposite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• apposite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers