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Antithesis vs Antipode - What's the difference?

antithesis | antipode |

As nouns the difference between antithesis and antipode

is that antithesis is a proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition while antipode is something directly opposite or diametrically opposed.

antithesis

English

Noun

(antitheses)
  • A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
  • (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form.

    • Antonyms

    * epitome

    Related terms

    * antithetical

    antipode

    English

    (wikipedia antipode)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • something directly opposite or diametrically opposed

    • Derived terms

    * antipodal

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