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Countercharged vs Counterchanged - What's the difference?

countercharged | counterchanged |

As a verb countercharged

is past tense of countercharge.

As an adjective counterchanged is

exchanged.

countercharged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (countercharge)

    • countercharge

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An accusation against an opponent in an argument in response to the opponent's accusations.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 30, author=David Leonhardt, title=Truth, Fiction and Lou Dobbs, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=We’ll get to the merits of the charges and countercharges shortly, but first it’s worth considering why, beyond entertainment value, all this matters.}}

    Verb

    (countercharg)
  • (heraldry) To reverse the colors.

    • counterchanged

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • exchanged
  • (heraldry) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually.
    • If the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged , that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure.
    (Webster 1913)