- con|trast´a|ble
- con|trast «noun. KON trast; verb. kuhn TRAST», noun, verb.–n.1. a great difference; difference: »
Anyone can see the contrast between black and white. There is a great contrast between life now and life a hundred years ago.
SYNONYM(S): unlikeness, antithesis, distinction.2. a person, thing, or event that shows differences when put side by side with another: »Black hair is a sharp contrast to a light skin.
3. (in the arts) the putting close together of varied forms of colors to heighten their effect, and the effect of the whole composition by comparison.–v.t.1. to place (two things) side by side to show their differences: »Contrast birds with fishes. Golf is less strenuous, contrasted with tennis.
SYNONYM(S): oppose, differentiate, distinguish.2. to put close together to heighten an effect by emphasizing differences: »The fiery orator contrasted the idle rich with the toiling working classes.
–v.i.1. to show differences when compared or put side by side: »The black and the gold contrast well in that design.
2. to form a contrast: »The strained language of his speeches contrasts oddly with the ease and naturalness of his letters.
╂[< French contraste < Italian contrasto < contrastare withstand, resist < Vulgar Latin contrāstāre < Latin contrā- against + stāre stand]–con|trast´a|ble, adjective.–con|trast´ing|ly, adverb.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
