different between corresponding vs counterpart

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd??/
• (Received Pronunciation, New England) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd??/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd??/
• Hyphenation: cor?res?pond?ing
• Rhymes: -?nd??

Verb

corresponding

1. present participle of correspond

Noun

corresponding (plural correspondings)

1. A correspondence; the situation where things correspond or match.

Adjective

corresponding (comparative more corresponding, superlative most corresponding)

1. that have a similar relationship
   • 2008, Wikipedia (Middle East)

     The corresponding adjective to Middle East is Middle-Eastern and the derived noun is Middle-Easterner.

Derived terms

• corresponding angles
• correspondingly

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.