Difference between Hostile and Opponent

HOSTILE vs OPPONENT: NOUN

An antagonistic person or thing.
An enemy in warfare.
An enemy: specifically, in the United States, a hostile Indian; an Indian who is engaged in warfare against the whites.
An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.
Troops belonging to the enemy's military forces
An enemy.

A contestant that you are matched against
Someone who offers opposition
One that opposes another or others, as in a battle, contest, or debate.
One who is hostile to an idea or cause.
One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; one who supports the opposite side in controversy, disputation, or argument, or in a contest of any kind.
One who takes part in an opponency; the person who begins a dispute by raising objections to a tenet or doctrine: correlative to defendant or respondent.
One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some thesis or proposition, in distinction from the respondent, or defendant, who maintains it.
An individual or group who is a rival of another.
One who attempts to stop the progression of.
One who objects to.
In team sports, a player of an opposite team.

Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly
Very unfavorable to life or growth
Unfavorable to health or well-being; inhospitable or adverse.
Being in opposition; opposed.
Feeling or showing enmity or ill will.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy.
Not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
Very unfriendly
Marked by features that oppose constructive treatment or development
Used of attempts to buy or take control of a business
Impossible to bring into friendly accord
Characterized by enmity or ill will

Of inimical character or tendency; having or exhibiting enmity or antagonism; antagonistic: as, a hostile manifesto; hostile criticism.
Of or pertaining to an enemy: as, hostile ground.
Synonyms Averse, Adverse, Inimical, Hostile; unfriendly, warlike. Averse applies to feeling, adverse to action: as, I was very averse to his going; an adverse vote; adverse fortune. Inimical expresses both feeling and action, generally in private affairs. Hostile also expresses both feeling and action, but applies especially to public affairs; where it applies to private matters, it expresses either strong or conspicuous action or feeling, or both, or all.

In anatomy, bringing together or into opposition; having the action of an opponens. See opponens.
Opposing; antagonistic; adverse.
Situated in front; opposite; standing in the way.

Ill, Bitter, Irreconcilable, Opposing, Truculent, Unfavorable, Inimical, Antipathetic, Enemy, Aggressive, Uncongenial, Inhospitable, Belligerent, Antagonistic, Unfriendly

Competitor, Match, Rival, Contender, Fighter, Challenger, Foeman, Opposite, Hostile, Antagonist, Opposing, Enemy, Opposition, Adversary, Foe

Ill, Bitter, Irreconcilable, Opposing, Truculent, Unfavorable, Inimical, Antipathetic, Enemy, Aggressive, Uncongenial, Inhospitable, Belligerent, Antagonistic, Unfriendly

Competitor, Match, Rival, Contender, Fighter, Challenger, Foeman, Opposite, Hostile, Antagonist, Opposing, Enemy, Opposition, Adversary, Foe

And, if it is found that a hostile work environment exists, you must take appropriate action to ensure that the hostile work environment ceases.
Eritrea has become hostile in her foreign relations too, considering her neighbours to be hostile to struggle.
The Nether: This is a relatively hostile dimension in which Lava and both neutral and hostile Mobs are everywhere.
Hostile, impulsive children tend to be poor perspective takers and often interpret other children as having a hostile intent.
Hostile Environment sexual harassment in which such conduct creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
An attack to disable or destroy a hostile force is Immediate Pursuit of Hostile Foreign Forces.
Russian moves in sharing weapons and technologies with hostile or potentially hostile countries, like Iran.
Common definitions for Defense of Self or Others, Imminent Threat, Hostile Act, Hostile Intent.
Segregate hostile elements such as religious, political, or ethnic groups hostile to one another.
Once a force is declared hostile by appropriatact or demonstrated hostile intent before engaging the declared hostile force.

Trips an opponent, including throwing or attempting to throw an opponent by the use of the legs.
He had the most powerful mangekyo sharingan ability of all time called kotoamatsukami, which locks opponent in genjutsu without the opponent getting to know.
Paladin will sponge for the High Wizard should freeze the opponent if the opponent can be easily built agi.
Hissatsu: He jumps past the opponent, then the opponent is split in half with what looks like a drama mask.
When screening a moving opponent, the screener must allow the opponent time and distance to avoid contact.
If you succeed, you have pinned your opponent and hold the opponent in a chokehold.
United States Senate without a primary opponent or a general election opponent.
High Wizard should freeze the opponent if the opponent can be frozen.
Low numbers mean it may be a tough opponent; high numbers an easier opponent.
It does not target the opponent, but you still choose an opponent.