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Counteract vs Contravene - What's the difference?

counteract | contravene |

As verbs the difference between counteract and contravene

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 contravene is to act contrary to an order, or fail to conform to a regulation.

counteract

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • 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.

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    Derived terms

    * counteractant * counteracter * counteractingly * counteraction * counteractive * counteractively * counteractor

    contravene

    English

    Verb

    (contraven)
  • To act contrary to an order, or fail to conform to a regulation.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 24 , author=Adam Gabbatt , title=Canada student protests erupt into political crisis with mass arrests , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Some legal experts argue that the bill contravenes Canada's charter of rights and freedoms. Montreal constitutional lawyer Julius Grey told the Vancouver Sun that Bill 78 was "flagrantly unconstitutional".}}
  • To deny the truth of something.

    • Related terms

    * contravention

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