Contrast definition
Siblings who contrast sharply in interests and abilities; a color that contrasted clearly with the dark background.
An example of contrast is to explain the differences between the causes of World War I and World War II.
Red berries standing in vivid contrast against the snow.
The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart.
Israel is a country of many contrasts.
Foreground and background strongly contrast.
Voiced and voiceless stops contrast in English but not in Cree.
The contrast between Northern and Southern speech patterns.
My new school was a welcome contrast to the one before.
An example of contrast is thunder storms on one end of an island and clear, blue skies on the other end.
An essay that contrasts city and country life; contrasted this computer with inferior models.
Origin of contrast
- French contraster from Italian contrastare from Medieval Latin contrāstāre Latin contrā- contra- Latin stāre to stand stā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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