Anticlockwise vs Contraclockwise - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between anticlockwise and contraclockwise

is that anticlockwise is (au|nz|british|of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move while contraclockwise is counterclockwise.

As adverbs the difference between anticlockwise and contraclockwise

is that anticlockwise is (au|nz|british) in an anticlockwise fashion while contraclockwise is counterclockwise.

anticlockwise

English

(Clockwise and counterclockwise)

Adjective

(-)

(AU, NZ, British, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.

Synonyms

* counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), laevorotatory (qualifier) / levorotatory (qualifier), positive (geometry)

Antonyms

* clockwise

Adverb

(-)

(AU, NZ, British) In an anticlockwise fashion.