different between resistant vs resist

English

Etymology

From French résistant.

Noun

resistant (plural resistants)

1. A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
2. A thing which resists.

Translations

Adjective

resistant (comparative more resistant, superlative most resistant)

1. Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
2. Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.

   The infection is resistant to antibiotics.

3. (statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.

Derived terms

• acid-resistant
• fire-resistant
• resistantly

Translations

See also

• robust

References

• resistant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• rattiness, strainest, straitens, tartiness, train sets, trainsets

Latin

Verb

resistant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of resist?

English

Etymology

From Middle English resisten, from Old French resistre, Middle French resister, and their source, Latin resistere, from re- + sistere (“cause to stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?st/, /???z?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: re?sist

Verb

resist (third-person singular simple present resists, present participle resisting, simple past and past participle resisted)

1. (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
2. (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
3. (intransitive) To oppose.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To be distasteful to.
   • 1608, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, II. iii. 29:

     These cates resist me,

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

• resistance
• resistless

Synonyms

• gainstay
• oppose
• withset

Antonyms

• obey
• submit

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

resist (countable and uncountable, plural resists)

1. A protective coating or covering.

Translations

Derived terms

• resist work

References

Anagrams

• Istres, Reists, Sister, reists, resits, restis, risest, sister