contrastive
Variant of contrast
contrast
Definition
con·trast (kən trast′; for n. kän′trast′)
transitive verb
to compare so as to point out the differences; set off against one another
Etymology: Fr contraster < It & VL *contrastare, to withstand < L contra, against + stare, to stand
intransitive verb
to show differences when compared; form a contrast
noun
- a contrasting or being contrasted
- a difference, esp. a striking difference, between things being compared
- a person or thing showing differences when compared with another
- the effect of a striking difference, as in color or tone, of adjacent parts of a painting, photograph, video-screen image, etc.
Browse dictionary entries near contrastive
- contrasting
- contrastable
- contrast
- contrary
- contrariwise
- contrarious
- contrariness
- contrarily
- contrariety
- contrarieties
- contrasty
- contravallation
- contravene
- contravened
- contravening
- contravention
- contrecoup
- contredanse
- contretemps
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