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Counteract vs Countervail - What's the difference?

counteract | countervail |

As verbs the difference between counteract and countervail

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 countervail is to have the same value as.

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.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

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

    countervail

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To have the same value as.
  • To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
  • To compensate for.
  • *, I.38:
  • *:I am one of those who thinke their fruit can no way countervaile this losse.
  • * L'Estrange
  • *:Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly countervail the inconveniences that go along with it.