Difference between Opponents and Hostile

OPPONENTS vs HOSTILE: 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.
An enemy.
Troops belonging to the enemy's military forces

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

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.
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.

Critics, Rivals, Challengers, Adversaries, Detractors, Foes, Foeman, Opposite, Hostile, Antagonist, Opposing, Enemy, Opposition, Adversary, Foe

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

Fights, Dissidents, Oppose, Competitors, Challengers, Adversaries, Foeman, Opposite, Hostile, Antagonist, Opposing, Enemy, Opposition, Adversary, Foe

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

Most wins in regular season against all opponents.
Some of them were proponents, other opponents ofenlargements.
Our opponents made us come out with zero.
ACC teams and top opponents from power conferences.
Play rated games against opponents of your strength.
Outlast your opponents in the ultimate copter arena.
Kazakhstan, by abusing Interpol, persecutes its political opponents.
Still, opponents raise several issues with genetic engineering.
In addition to six games against eastern division opponents, Florida plays two games against western division opponents.
One of the opponents includes the rival, which is programmed to be harder than the other opponents.

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.