Difference between Resistive and Resistant

What is the difference between Resistive and Resistant?

Resistive as an adjective is resisting the passage of electrical current while Resistant as an adjective is that which makes resistance or offers opposition.

Resistive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Resisting the passage of electrical current Tending to resist

Resistant

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.A thing which resists.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: That which makes resistance or offers opposition.That which is not overcome by a disease or drug.Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.

We hope you now know whether to use Resistive or Resistant in your sentence.

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