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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink24•edit-21 year agoI use it all the time. I’m an engineer though so it doesn’t really counteract what you’re saying.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•1 year agoCounteract is also valid. This is a counteraction.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•edit-21 year agoCounteract means to oppose something to reduce its effect. Contradict means to say or do something opposite or inconsistent with something else.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoPerfect, I can now use any word thats not mutually exclusive completely dependently (interchangeably) and be appreciated (understood)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•1 year agoNo, you definitely still have to match the meaning to the context. That’s pretty fundamental to communication.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year agoThis attempted contradiction doesn’t seem to counteract the above comment.
I use it all the time. I’m an engineer though so it doesn’t really counteract what you’re saying.
Contradict.
Counteract is also valid.
This is a counteraction.
Counteract means to oppose something to reduce its effect. Contradict means to say or do something opposite or inconsistent with something else.
Note how they are not mutually exclusive
Perfect, I can now use any word thats not mutually exclusive completely dependently (interchangeably) and be appreciated (understood)
No, you definitely still have to match the meaning to the context. That’s pretty fundamental to communication.
This attempted contradiction doesn’t seem to counteract the above comment.