From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishin contradistinction to somethingin contradistinction to somethingformalINSTEAD in contrast to or compared to something plants in contradistinction to animals → contradistinction
Examples from the Corpus
in contradistinction to something• Multiple rather than single ulcers are the rule, in contradistinction to syphilis.• Constitutionalism, therefore, is to be set in contradistinction to arbitrary power.• Remember that the hands both face the same way in contradistinction to the piano. 