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Counterstrike vs Counterplay - What's the difference?

counterstrike | counterplay |

As nouns the difference between counterstrike and counterplay

is that counterstrike is (military|sports) the tactic of counterattacking while counterplay is (chess) a counterattack in a different part of the board.

As a verb counterstrike

is to perform a counterstrike.

counterstrike

English

(wikipedia counterstrike)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (military, sports) The tactic of counterattacking

    • Synonyms

    * counterattack

    Verb

  • To perform a counterstrike.

    • counterplay

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chess) A counterattack in a different part of the board
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    • , passage=Milov might have tried 15 ... b4 to give himself some counterplay on the queenside. }}