The difference between Counter and Measure word

When used as nouns, counter means an object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc, whereas measure word means a word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns, used especially in asian languages.

Counter is also adverb with the meaning: contrary, in opposition.

Counter is also verb with the meaning: to contradict, oppose.

Counter is also adjective with the meaning: contrary or opposing.

check bellow for the other definitions of Counter and Measure word

  1. Counter as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces."

  2. Counter as a noun (curling):

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

  3. Counter as a noun:

    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.

    Examples:

    "He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till."

  4. Counter as a noun:

    One who counts, or reckons up; a reckoner.

    Examples:

    "He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100."

  5. Counter as a noun:

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

  6. Counter as a noun (historical):

    The prison attached to a city court; a Counter.

  7. Counter as a noun (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.

  8. Counter as a noun:

    In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, whereon various food preparations take place.

  9. Counter as a noun:

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

  10. Counter as a noun (wrestling):

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

    Examples:

    "Always know a counter to any hold you try against your opponent."

  11. Counter as a noun (typography):

    The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.

  12. Counter as a noun (programming):

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

  13. Counter as a noun (Internet):

    A hit counter.

  1. Counter as an adverb:

    Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.

  1. Counter as a noun (nautical):

    The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline.

  2. Counter as a noun:

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

  1. Counter as a verb:

    To contradict, oppose.

  2. Counter as a verb (boxing):

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

  3. Counter as a verb:

    To take action in response to; to respond.

  1. Counter as an adjective:

    Contrary or opposing

    Examples:

    "His carrying a knife was counter to my plan."

    "synonyms: opposite contrasted opposed adverse antagonistic"

  1. Counter as an adverb:

    In opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise.

  2. Counter as an adverb:

    In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.

    Examples:

    "a hound that runs counter"

  3. Counter as an adverb:

    At or against the front or face.

  1. Counter as a noun (obsolete):

    An encounter.

  2. Counter as a noun (nautical):

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

  3. Counter as a noun (music):

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

  4. Counter as a noun:

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

  5. Counter as a noun:

    The back leather or heel part of a boot.

  6. Counter as a noun (typography):

    The area of a letter that is entirely or partially enclosed by a letter form or a symbol.

  1. Measure word as a noun:

    A word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns, used especially in Asian languages.

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