Counter vs. Anti — What's the Difference?

A flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted, or food is prepared or served.

A person who is opposed to something, such as a group, policy, proposal, or practice.

(Games)A piece, as of wood or ivory, used for keeping a count or a place.

Opposed

An imitation coin; a token.

Opposed to; against.

A piece of money.

Opposed to something.

One who counts.

(chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.

A person opposed to a concept or principle.

An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.

A fan who objects to a particular creator, franchise, fandom, character, ship, etc., especially on moral or sociopolitical grounds.

A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.

(rare) anti-

(programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.

A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; - used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.

(Internet) A hit counter.

Not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)

A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted

A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.

In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.

In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.

(curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.

(historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.

(grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Something opposite or contrary to something else.

(martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.

(nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.

The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).

(music) contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.

The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.

(typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.

(obsolete) An encounter.

Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.

In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.

To contradict, oppose.

(boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.

To take action in response to; to respond.

To encounter.

Contrary or opposing

One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.

A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.

Money; coin; - used in contempt.

A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.

A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.

A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.

The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, - below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.

Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.

The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.

The back leather or heel part of a boot.

An encounter.

Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; - used chiefly with run or go.

In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.

At or against the front or face.

Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.

To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.

Table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted

Game equipment used in various card or board games

A calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens

A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

A person who counts things

A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one);

(computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)

The piece of leather that fits the heel

A piece of leather forming the back of a shoe

A return punch (especially by a boxer)

Speak in response;

Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

Indicating opposition or resistance

In the opposite direction;