Counteract vs Combat - What's the difference?
counteract | combat |
To act in opposition to; thwart; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.
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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat : "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
, volume=100, issue=2, page=87, magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= To fight with; to struggle for victory against.
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As verbs the difference between counteract and combat
is that counteract is to act in opposition to; thwart; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice while combat is to fight with; to struggle for victory against.As a noun combat is
a battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.counteract
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Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* counteractant * counteracter * counteractingly * counteraction * counteractive * counteractively * counteractorcombat
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(wikipedia combat)Noun
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Derived terms
* combat payVerb
- To combat with a blind man I disdain.