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Contrast

//ˈkɒntɹɑːst// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.; The degree of this difference. uncountable

    "The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart."

  2. 2
    the act of distinguishing by comparing differences wordnet
  3. 3
    A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.; A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed. countable

    "Ohh, you can't fool me. This thing's top of the line! It's got two contrast knobs!"

  4. 4
    the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness) wordnet
  5. 5
    A difference between two objects, people or concepts. countable

    "Israel is a country of many contrasts."

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  1. 6
    the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors wordnet
  2. 7
    Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else. countable

    "Why this denunciation of idolatry at this point? And why are Shabbat and the sanctuary mentioned as contrasts to idol worship?"

  3. 8
    a conceptual separation or distinction wordnet
  4. 9
    Antithesis. countable, rhetoric, uncountable
  5. 10
    the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared wordnet
  6. 11
    Contrast medium uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between; to counterpoint. transitive
  2. 2
    put in opposition to show or emphasize differences wordnet
  3. 3
    To form a contrast. intransitive, often

    "Foreground and background strongly contrast."

  4. 4
    to show differences when compared; be different wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French contraster, from Italian contrastare (“to resist", "to withstand”), from Vulgar Latin *contrāstāre, from Latin contrā (“against”) + stō, stāre (“to stand”).

Etymology 2

From French contraster, from Italian contrastare (“to resist", "to withstand”), from Vulgar Latin *contrāstāre, from Latin contrā (“against”) + stō, stāre (“to stand”).

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