counterargument vs statement

counterargument and statement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
counterargument	Yes	No	No	No
statement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, statement is a hypernym of counterargument; that is, statement is a word with a broader meaning than counterargument:

Other hypernyms of counterargument include argument.

counterargument (noun)	statement (noun)
an argument offered in opposition to another argument	a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
	a document showing credits and debits
	a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
	(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
	(music) the presentation of a musical theme
	a nonverbal message
	the act of affirming or asserting or stating something