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Countertime vs Countertide - What's the difference?

countertime | countertide |

As nouns the difference between countertime and countertide

is that countertime is (obsolete) the resistance of a horse that interrupts its cadence and the measure of its , caused by bad horsemanship or the bad temper of the horse while countertide is a contrary tide.

countertime

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) The resistance of a horse that interrupts its cadence and the measure of its , caused by bad horsemanship or the bad temper of the horse.
  • (obsolete) resistance; opposition
    • Give not thus the countertime to fate. — Dryden.
    (Webster 1913)

    countertide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A contrary tide.