"contradistinction" meaning in English

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          "text": "We used hamburgers and soda in contradistinction to healthy food.",
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          "ref": "1944, Clifford W. Ashley, The Ashley Book of Knots, page 220",
          "text": "Captain John Smith gives the name Reef Knot in 1627. Dana gives the name Square Knot in 1841. Few sailors speak of Square Knot except in contradistinction to Granny Knot but it is the common shore name for the knot and is in good repute among sailors.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 591",
          "text": "It will be noted that on this service, in contradistinction to that from and to Bristol, extra trains are provided to cope with peak-hour conditions; [...].",
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        "Distinction by contrast; the provision of one example against which another example may be defined."
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          "roman": "protivopostavjane",
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          "word": "противопоставяне"
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          "roman": "antidiastolí",
          "sense": "distinction by contrast",
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          "word": "αντιδιαστολή"
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "distinction by contrast",
          "word": "til aðgreiningar frá"
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          "word": "sem annars konar fyrirbæri en"
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          "sense": "distinction by contrast",
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      "sense": "distinction by contrast",
      "word": "til aðgreiningar frá"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "distinction by contrast",
      "word": "sem annars konar fyrirbæri en"
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      "sense": "distinction by contrast",
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      "sense": "distinction by contrast",
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