different between antithesis vs counterpart

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antithesis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ????????? (antíthesis). Surface analysis: anti- +? thesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æn.?t?.??.s?s/

Noun

antithesis (plural antitheses)

1. A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
2. (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner

Antonyms

• epitome

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1451, originally as countre part "duplicate of a legal document", from Old French contrepartie, itself from contre (“facing, opposite”) (from Latin contra (“against”)) + partie (“copy of a person or thing”) (originally past participle of part?re (“to divide”)). Equivalent to counter- +? part.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ka?nt??p??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ka?nt??p??t/

Noun

counterpart (plural counterparts)

1. Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.

   Those brass knobs and their hollow counterparts interlock perfectly
2. (law) A duplicate of a legal document.
3. One which resembles another
4. One which has corresponding functions or characteristics.
5. (paleontology) Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.

Synonyms

• equivalent
• homolog
• opposite number
• pendant

Related terms

• counterbalance
• counterpoint
• countersign
• counterweight
• complement
• partner

Translations

Verb

counterpart (third-person singular simple present counterparts, present participle counterparting, simple past and past participle counterparted)

1. Counterbalance.