"as opposed to" meaning in English

See as opposed to in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

Audio: en-us-as-opposed-to.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} as opposed to, {{en-prep}} as opposed to
  1. in contrast to, rather than, instead of; particularly used in defining a concept by providing an example that does not fall inside the concept. Synonyms: as against Translations (in contrast to): فِي مُقَابِل (fī muqābil) (Arabic), عَلَى نَقْيِض (ʕalā naqyiḍ) (Arabic), بَدَلًا مِن (badalan min) (Arabic), على نقيض (ʕalaa naqyiḍ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), في مقابل (fi muqabel) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), in tegenstelling tot (Dutch), toisin kuin (Finnish), par opposition à (French), განსხვავებით (gansxvavebit) (Georgian), im Gegensatz zu (German), im Unterschied zu (German), κατ' αντιδιαστολή προς (kat' antidiastolí pros) (Greek), σε αντιδιαστολή προς (se antidiastolí pros) (Greek), σε αντίθεση με (se antíthesi me) (Greek), szembeállítva (Hungarian), öfugt við (Icelandic), í ósamræmi við (Icelandic), seachas (Irish), murab ionann is (Irish), invece di (Italian), に対して (ni taishite) (Japanese), 에 비교하여 (e bigyohayeo) (Korean), 에 대하여 (e daehayeo) (Korean), 보다는 (bodaneun) (Korean), i motsetning til (Norwegian Bokmål), til forskjell fra (Norwegian Bokmål), w przeciwieństwie do (Polish), em vez de (Portuguese), în contrast cu (Romanian), por oposición a (Spanish), till skillnad från (Swedish)

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