contrast
[verb kuhn-trast, kon-trast; noun kon-trast]
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verb (used with object)
to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
verb (used without object)
to exhibit unlikeness on comparison with something else; form a contrast.
Linguistics. to differ in a way that can serve to distinguish meanings: The sounds (p) and (b) contrast in the words “pin” and “bin.”
noun
Origin of contrast
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contrast
verb (kənˈtrɑːst)
noun (ˈkɒntrɑːst)
Word Origin for contrast
C16: (n): via French from Italian, from contrastare (vb), from Latin contra- against + stare to stand
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