Contradistinction

Conˊtra-dis-tinc′tion

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Noun.

Distinction by contrast.

That there are such things as sins of infirmity in

contradistinction

to those of presumption is not to be questioned.

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Noun.

[contra and distinction.] Distinction by opposite qualities.

We speak of sins of infirmity, in contradistinction to those of presumption.

contradistinction ‎(plural contradistinctions)

Distinction by contrast; the provision of one example against which another example may be defined.
- 1911: Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
  Pantheism n
  The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything.
We used hamburgers and soda in contradistinction to healthy food.
The quality of being contradistinctive.

Found normally in the phrase in contradistinction to, contradistinction focuses on the contrasting attributes of two similar concepts and may be more emphatic than distinction.

distinction by contrast