contrastive
[ kuhn-tras-tiv ]
/ kənˈtræs tɪv /
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adjective
tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
studying or exhibiting the congruences and differences between two languages or dialects without reference to their origins: contrastive linguistics.
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OTHER WORDS FROM contrastive
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There is also a phoneme of stress which has a very low contrastive function.
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