👉 In linguistics, the term "contradistinction" refers to a difference between two or more statements that are not logically consistent or mutually exclusive. This can occur when one statement is true and another is false, as in the case of a person saying they have a dog but actually has a cat. For example, if someone says they have a dog, it could be either "I have a dog" or "I don't have a dog." If we were to analyze these two statements