Difference between Annul and Countermand

ANNUL vs COUNTERMAND: NOUN

To make or declare void or invalid, as a marriage or a law; nullify.
To bring to an end the effect or existence of; cancel out.
To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.
To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.

To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
To prohibit; to forbid.
To recall by a contrary order.
To cancel or reverse (a previously issued command or order).
To oppose; to revoke the command of.

Synonyms Abolish, Repeal, etc. (see abolish); Nullify, Annihilate, etc. (see neutralize); retract, declare null and void, supersede.
To reduce to nothing; annihilate; obliterate.
Cancel officially
To make void or null; nullify; abrogate; abolish; do away with: used especially of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, usages, and the like.

To prohibit; forbid.
To oppose by contrary orders or action; contradict the orders of.
To revoke (a command or an order); order or direct in opposition to (an order before given), thereby annulling it and forbidding its execution.

Abrogate, Suspend, Annulment, Avoid, Lift, Void, Repeal, Reverse, Countermand, Quash, Overturn, Revoke, Rescind, Nullify, Invalidate

Abrogate, Usurp, Invalidate, Nullify, Overrule, Cancel, Abort, Override, Lift, Reverse, Repeal, Overturn, Revoke, Annul, Rescind

Cancel, Overrule, Abrogate, Suspend, Annulment, Avoid, Void, Repeal, Reverse, Countermand, Quash, Revoke, Rescind, Nullify, Invalidate

Disobey, Arrogate, Supersede, Vitiate, Abrogate, Usurp, Invalidate, Nullify, Overrule, Cancel, Abort, Reverse, Repeal, Revoke, Rescind

Sikes said, and he tried to annul the treaty.
He will never forget or annul His ancient people.
Both use sour grapes proverb to annul corporate retribution.
Remember and do not annul Your covenant with us.
Mr Thompson to annul the fines had been rejected.
Constitutional Court to annul the trial, which eventually happened.
SYN: Revoke, repeal, annul, cancel, recal, reverse, abrogate.
To cancel, annul, or render of no effect.
Neither can we annul it by our disregard.
The simple answer is you file a motion to annul, or an agreed motion to annul the order.

We cannot set up a system and then countermand it further down the line because we do not like the outcome.
It is the subject of the most painful solicitude with me, and I feel constrained to beg that you will countermand the withdrawal.
As such the British, French and Russian ministers in Athens had the theoretical power to countermand any decision of the Greek cabinet.
Dutch, as stipulated in the Treaty of Amiens, only to countermand them when the Swiss failed to resist.
The EOC acts in a coordinating role and shall never supersede or countermand the tactical decisions of the IC.
Sacramento, gubernatorial projects outside the state that for various reasons an ambitious Lieutenant Governor might not wish to countermand or modify directly.
Without Jinn to countermand the existing orders, the horde would do what he has already promised.
The first officer did not have enough time to countermand before the aircraft stalled and crashed.
Attorney General the effective power to oversee, supervise, and countermand a Special Counsel in exercising such authority.
Countermand the earlier conduct which caused Contractor to file a dispute; orii.