What's the difference between antipole and antipope?

Antipole


Definition:

  • (n.) The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed.

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  • (1) Intermediate contusions develop between the impact site and the antipole in the brain interior as a result of inertial stress propagation.
  • (2) This contrecoup lesion is produced by the brain impacting the skull, as well as the flattening of the skull against the brain at the antipole, from the presence of the solid table.

Antipope


Definition:

  • (n.) One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism.

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