👉 In linguistics and semantics, a counter-distinction is a difference between two words that has no direct meaning or significance. Counterdistinctions are often used in the construction of sentences to emphasize one word over another, as they can be used to create a clear distinction between them without changing their meanings. For example: 1. "He walked down the street." 2. "The cat sat on the window." In these examples, the words "down" and "on" are counter-distinctions because
