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Preempt vs Counteract - What's the difference?

preempt | counteract |

As verbs the difference between preempt and counteract

is that preempt is (nonstandard) while counteract is to act in opposition to; thwart; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.

preempt

English

Alternative forms

* pre-empt *

Verb

(en verb)
  • to appropriate something (before someone else does)
  • to displace something, or take precedence over something
  • (bridge) to make a preemptive bid at bridge

    • Derived terms

    * preemptive * preemptor * preemptory

    Anagrams

    * English words with vowel pseudo-digraphs

    counteract

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act in opposition to; thwart; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.

    • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * counteractant * counteracter * counteractingly * counteraction * counteractive * counteractively * counteractor