contradiction vs contradistinction

contradiction

noun
  • The act of contradicting. 

  • A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms. 

  • A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions. 

  • A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms. 

contradistinction

noun
  • The quality of being contradistinctive. 

  • Distinction by contrast; the provision of one example against which another example may be defined. 

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