countercheck vs arrest

countercheck and arrest both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
countercheck	Yes	No	Yes	No
arrest	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, arrest is a hypernym of countercheck; that is, arrest is a word with a broader meaning than countercheck:

Other hypernyms of countercheck include check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage.

countercheck (noun)	arrest (noun)
something that checks the correctness of a previous check	the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
a check that restrains another check	the state of inactivity following an interruption

countercheck (verb)	arrest (verb)
check a second time	hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
oppose or check by a counteraction	take into custody
	attract and fix
	cause to come to an abrupt stop