Neutralize vs Countermand - What's the difference?
neutralize | countermand |
To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
To recall a person or unit with such an order.
To prohibit; to forbid.
* Harvey
To oppose; to revoke the command of.
* Hooker
As verbs the difference between neutralize and countermand
is that neutralize is (american spelling) while countermand is to revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.As a noun countermand is
an order to the contrary of a previous one.countermand
English
Verb
(en verb)- to countermand an order for goods
- Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles.
- For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him.