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submitted 11 months ago by themaninblack@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I use it all the time. I'm an engineer though so it doesn't really counteract what you're saying.

[–] SleepingLesson@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Contradict.

[–] MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Counteract is also valid.

This is a counteraction.

[–] macaroni1556@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Counteract means to oppose something to reduce its effect. Contradict means to say or do something opposite or inconsistent with something else.

[–] MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Note how they are not mutually exclusive

[–] macaroni1556@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Perfect, I can now use any word thats not mutually exclusive completely dependently (interchangeably) and be appreciated (understood)

[–] MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 months ago

No, you definitely still have to match the meaning to the context. That's pretty fundamental to communication.

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 5 points 11 months ago

This attempted contradiction doesn't seem to counteract the above comment.