counterpart vs equal

counterpart

noun
  • One who or that which resembles another. 

  • Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another. 

  • A duplicate of a legal document. 

  • One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics. 

  • Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil. 

verb
  • To counterbalance. 

equal

noun
  • A person or thing of equal status to others. 

adj
  • Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed. 

  • Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified. 

  • The same in all respects. 

  • Exactly identical, having the same value. 

verb
  • To make equivalent to; to cause to match. 

  • To have as its consequence. 

  • To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to. 

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