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Counterlike vs Counterline - What's the difference?

counterlike | counterline |

As an adjective counterlike

is resembling or characteristic of a counter (surface).

As a noun counterline is

(music) a secondary melody that contrasts with the main melody and is played at the same time.

counterlike

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a counter (surface).
  • * 1988 , Karen Sacks, Karen Brodkin, Caring by the hour: women, work, and organizing at Duke Medical Center
    • Most ambulatory patients, visitors, and workers, hoping to find a person to guide them, gravitate toward the large, counterlike desk...

    counterline

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) A secondary melody that contrasts with the main melody and is played at the same time.
  • A line of entrenchment made against an enemy's lines