This is probably a really easy question to answer, but I have almost no 'formal' knowledge of English and when I looked online I couldn't find a good answer.
Do all verbs in English have opposites? There seem to be plenty of 'obvious' pairs, but do they even count as opposites? Is this only for 'simpler' verbs? Is there a similar situation for adjectives or adverbs?
Arrive/depart, push/pull, throw/catch?, activate/deactivate, implode/explode, crumple/smooth (out), watch/show, read/write, tighten/loosen, fix/break, condense/evaporate, credit/debit, etc.
I'm only limiting it to English because that's the only language I speak well. Anyway, I look forward to somebody pointing out an obvious counterexample immediately!
Do all verbs in English have opposites? There seem to be plenty of 'obvious' pairs, but do they even count as opposites? Is this only for 'simpler' verbs? Is there a similar situation for adjectives or adverbs?
Arrive/depart, push/pull, throw/catch?, activate/deactivate, implode/explode, crumple/smooth (out), watch/show, read/write, tighten/loosen, fix/break, condense/evaporate, credit/debit, etc.
I'm only limiting it to English because that's the only language I speak well. Anyway, I look forward to somebody pointing out an obvious counterexample immediately!
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