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Counterclaim vs Counterargument - What's the difference?

counterclaim | counterargument |

As nouns the difference between counterclaim and counterargument

is that counterclaim is (legal) a suit filed by a defendant against a plaintiff secondary to the original complaint while counterargument is an argument that is opposed to another argument.

As a verb counterclaim

is to file a counterclaim.

counterclaim

English

(wikipedia counterclaim)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) a suit filed by a defendant against a plaintiff secondary to the original complaint.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To file a counterclaim.

    • counterargument

    English

    (wikipedia counterargument)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An argument that is opposed to another argument.