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Apposite vs Opposite

Appositeadjective

being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

Oppositeadjective

being directly across from each other; facing

The difference

Apposite means strikingly appropriate — a near-homophone of its own opposite. Opposite means contrary.

How to keep them apart

An apposite remark is well chosen. Read it twice: the two words are not related.

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