Usage examples for contradistinction:

• It is called the New Konak, in contradistinction to the old one, the Schwarzburg. "A Son of the Immortals" – Louis Tracy

• And it speaks of itself, too, in plain contradistinction from a confederation; for it says that all debts contracted, and all engagements entered into, by the United States, shall be as valid under this Constitution as under the Confederation. "Select Speeches of Daniel Webster" – Daniel Webster

• The Indians told the early French settlers that they were Leno- Lenapes- we are men- meaning, we are brave or masculine men, in contradistinction to cowardly or effeminate men. "The History of Peru" – Henry S. Beebe