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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
con·tras·tive·ly, adverbun·con·tras·tive, adjectiveun·con·tras·tive·ly, adverbWords nearby contrastive
contrariwise, contrary, contrary motion, contrasexual, contrast, contrastive, contrastive stress, contrast medium, contrasty, contrasuggestible, contrate
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How to use contrastive in a sentence
There is also a phoneme of stress which has a very low contrastive function.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff