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What is the difference between counterpart and mathematical?

counterpart | mathematical |

As a noun counterpart

is either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.

As an adjective mathematical is

of, or relating to mathematics.

counterpart

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
    • ''Those brass knobs and their hollow counterparts interlock perfectly
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Mr. Obama never found a generational counterpart among conservatives in Congress like Paul D. Ryan or Eric Cantor; instead, there was a mutual animosity.}}
  • (legal) A duplicate of a legal document.
  • One which resembles another
  • One which has corresponding functions or characteristics.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England's attacking impetus was limited to one shot from Lampard that was comfortably collected by keeper Iker Casillas, but for all Spain's domination of the ball his England counterpart Joe Hart was unemployed.}}

    Synonyms

    * equivalent * opposite number * pendant

    Related terms

    * counterbalance * counterpoint * countersign * counterweight * partner

    mathematical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to mathematics
  • *
  • * 1897 , (Thomas Hardy), (The Well-Beloved)
    • Smaller and smaller she waned up the rigid mathematical road, still gazing at the soldier aloft, as Pierston gazed at her.
  • *
    • Although Galileo had designed a pendulum clock, he never actually constructed one. The first pendulum clock was constructed by the Dutch physicist Christian Huygens (1629–1695) in 1657. He also developed the mathematical theory of the pendulum. Newton also studied the motion of a pendulum and experimented with pendulums made of different materials and of different lengths.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Sarah Glaz
    • , title= Ode to Prime Numbers , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical' concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from ' mathematical patterns involving primes.}}
  • Possible but highly improbable