The difference between Resistance and Underground
When used as nouns, resistance means the act of resisting, or the capacity to resist, whereas underground means an underground railway.
Underground is also adverb with the meaning: below the ground.
Underground is also verb with the meaning: to route electricity distribution cables underground.
Underground is also adjective with the meaning: below the ground.
check bellow for the other definitions of Resistance and Underground
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Resistance as a noun:
The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
Examples:
"widespread resistance to the new urban development plans"
"the resistance of bacteria to certain antibiotics"
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Resistance as a noun (physics):
A force that tends to oppose motion.
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Resistance as a noun (physics):
Shortened form of electrical resistance.
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Resistance as a noun:
An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
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Underground as an adjective (not comparable):
Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
Examples:
"synonyms: subterranean"
"There is an underground tunnel that takes you across the river."
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Underground as an adjective:
Hidden, furtive, secretive.
Examples:
"synonyms: clandestine hiddhush-hush secret"
"These criminals operate through an underground network."
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Underground as an adjective:
Of music, art, etc, outside the mainstream.
Examples:
"synonyms: unconventional"
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Underground as an adverb:
Below the ground.
Examples:
"synonyms: [[below]] [[ground]]"
"The tunnel goes underground at this point."
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Underground as an adverb:
Secretly.
Examples:
"synonyms: clandestinely in secret on the quiet"
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Underground as a noun (chiefly, British):
An underground railway.
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Underground as a noun (with "the"):
A movement or organisation of people who resist political convention.
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Underground as a noun (with "the"):
A movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention.
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Underground as a verb:
To route electricity distribution cables underground