The difference between Buck and Oppose

When used as verbs, buck means to copulate, as bucks and does, whereas oppose means to attempt to stop the progression of.

Buck is also noun with the meaning: a male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad.

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  1. Buck as a noun:

    A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad.

  2. Buck as a noun (US):

    An uncastrated sheep, a ram.

  3. Buck as a noun:

    A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.

  4. Buck as a noun (British, obsolete):

    A fop or dandy.

  5. Buck as a noun (US, dated, derogatory):

    A black or Native American man.

  6. Buck as a noun (US, Australia, NZ, Canada, informal):

    A dollar (one hundred cents).

    Examples:

    "Can I borrow five bucks?"

  7. Buck as a noun (South Africa, informal):

    A rand (currency unit).

  8. Buck as a noun (by extension, Australia, South Africa, US, informal):

    Money

    Examples:

    "Corporations will do anything to make a buck."

  9. Buck as a noun (US, slang):

    One hundred.

    Examples:

    "The police caught me driving a buck forty on the freeway."

    "That skinny guy? C'mon, he can't weigh more than a buck and a quarter."

  10. Buck as a noun (dated):

    An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object, placed in rotation on a US Navy wardroom dining table to indicate which officer is to be served first, or an item passed around a poker table indicating the dealer or placed in the pot to remind the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.

  11. Buck as a noun (US, in certain metaphors or phrases):

    Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.

    Examples:

    "[[pass the buck]]''; ''[[the buck stops here]]"

  12. Buck as a noun (UK, dialect):

    The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.

  13. Buck as a noun (finance):

    One million dollars.

  14. Buck as a noun (informal):

    A euro.

  15. Buck as a noun:

    A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.

  16. Buck as a noun:

    A wood or metal frame used by automotive customizers and restorers to assist in the shaping of sheet metal bodywork. See [http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/additional-how-to/1009sr-making-a-wood-buck/ Street Rodder "Making a Wood Buck"].

  17. Buck as a noun (AAVE, dated, dance):

  18. Buck as a noun:

  1. Buck as a verb (intransitive):

    To copulate, as bucks and does.

  1. Buck as a verb (intransitive):

    To bend; buckle.

  2. Buck as a verb (intransitive, of a horse, _, or similar saddle or pack animal):

    To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.

  3. Buck as a verb (transitive, of a horse, _, or similar saddle or pack animal):

    To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.

  4. Buck as a verb (transitive, military):

    To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.

  5. Buck as a verb (intransitive, by extension):

    To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.

    Examples:

    "The vice president bucked at the board's latest solution."

  6. Buck as a verb (intransitive, by extension):

    To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.

    Examples:

    "The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely."

  7. Buck as a verb (transitive, by extension):

    To overcome or shed (e.g., an impediment or expectation), in pursuit of a goal; to force a way through despite (an obstacle); to resist or proceed against.

    Examples:

    "The plane bucked a strong headwind."

    "Our managers have to learn to buck the trend and do the right thing for their employees."

    "John is really bucking the odds on that risky business venture. He's doing quite well."

  8. Buck as a verb (riveting):

    To press a reinforcing device (bucking bar) against (the force of a rivet) in order to absorb vibration and increase expansion. See Wikipedia: Rivet:Installation.

  9. Buck as a verb (forestry):

    To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.

  10. Buck as a verb (electronics):

    To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage. See Wikipedia: Buck converter

  1. Buck as a noun (Scotland):

    The beech tree.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Johnson"

  1. Buck as a noun:

    Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

  2. Buck as a noun:

    The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.

  1. Buck as a verb:

    To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.

  2. Buck as a verb:

    To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.

  3. Buck as a verb (mining):

    To break up or pulverize, as ores.

  1. Oppose as a verb:

    To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand.

    Examples:

    "to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress"

    "There is still time to oppose this plan."

  2. Oppose as a verb:

    To object to.

    Examples:

    "Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans."

  3. Oppose as a verb:

    To present or set up in opposition; to pose.

    Examples:

    "They are opposed to any form of hierarchy."

  4. Oppose as a verb:

    To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

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