Opposit vs. Alternate — What's the Difference?

Archaic form of opposite

Occur in turn repeatedly

Archaic form of opposite

Every other; every second

To posit or assume as a contradictory; negative or deny

Another term for alternative

A person who acts as a deputy or substitute

To occur in a successive manner

To act or proceed by turns

To pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another

(Electricity) To reverse direction at regular intervals in a circuit.

To do or execute by turns.

To cause to alternate

Happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously

Designating or relating to every other one of a series

Serving or used in place of another; substitute

Arranged singly at each node, as leaves or buds on different sides of a stem.

Arranged regularly between other parts, as stamens between petals.

A person acting in the place of another; a substitute.

An alternative.

Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly)

(mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.

(US) Other; alternative.

Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence

That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.

(US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.

(mathematics) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.

(US) A replacement of equal or greater value or function.

(heraldry) Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.

(transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

(intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.

(intransitive) To vary by turns.

To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.

Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.

Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.

That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.

A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.

A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.

To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; - followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.

To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.

Someone who takes the place of another person

Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

Exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions

Be an understudy or alternate for a role

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

Do something in turns;

Every second one of a series;

Allowing a choice;

Occurring by turns; first one and then the other;

Of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired;