opposition vs regard

opposition

noun
  • The action of opposing or of being in conflict. 

  • The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate. 

  • A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power. 

  • In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent. 

  • 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. 

  • An opposite or contrasting position. 

  • A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king. 

regard

noun
  • One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference. 

  • A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense. 

  • The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held. 

  • A steady look, a gaze. 

  • Slang for retard, a very bad stock trader. 

verb
  • To look at; to observe. 

  • To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc. 

  • To have to do with, to concern. 

  • To face toward. 

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