Statistics for Opposites (Not Exactly Antonyms)

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What it Isn't	What it Is	rationale	% Correct
a nurse	a doctor	medical staff at a hospital	91%
tea	coffee	caffeinated beverages consumed hot	88%
an orange	an apple	most popular fruits; proverbially can't be compared	82%
a cloudy day	a sunny day	weather forecasts involving sky opacity	81%
pepper	salt	common condiments applied to food at the table	78%
a lion	a tiger	biggest cats	77%
a beard	a moustache	facial hair below/above lip	69%
the color green	the color red	primary colors; traffic lights; red-green color blindness	61%
Mars	Venus	planets nearest Earth; Roman gods of war/love; symbols men/women	56%
a tragedy	a comedy	traditional forms of drama with sad/happy endings	49%
anorexia	bulimia	common eating disorders	49%
geometry	algebra	branches of intermediate-level mathematics	48%
a Macintosh computer	a Windows PC	most common desktop operating systems	43%
a marathon	a sprint	longest/shortest style of competitive races	37%
the book of Exodus	the book of Genesis	first two (and most famous) books of the Bible	35%
the Netherlands	Belgium	the Low Countries; similar size and history, but Protestant/Catholic	29%
a Great Dane	a Chihuahua	largest/smallest dog breeds	27%
the number 7	the number 13	lucky/unlucky prime numbers	24%
Germanic languages	Romance languages	major language families of Western Europe	23%
Harry Potter	The Lord of the Rings	bestselling series of fantasy novels; and the top two films of 2001	19%
an insect	an arachnid	classes of terrestrial arthropods	18%
incandescent light bulbs	fluorescent lamps	common forms of indoor lighting	17%
a coupé	a sedan	automobile types: two-door vs. four-door	14%
the city of Aleppo	the city of Damascus	major cities of Syria; historically competing sultanates	11%
Johannes Vermeer	Rembrandt van Rijn	famous painters of the Dutch Golden Age	7%
John Adams	Thomas Jefferson	2nd and 3rd presidents of the U.S., from opposing political parties	7%
quantum mechanics	general relativity	major (but incompatible) theories of modern physics	3%