Contrastive

/kənˈtɹæs.tɪv/

Synonyms for "contrastive" (29 found)

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Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
comparative description

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Noun(2 words)
comparative modelcomparison set
Verb(2 words)
compare and contrastcontrasted
Adjective(2 words)
contrary tocontrasting

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This thesis is an attempt to apply the theory of transformational grammar to the Japanese language. […] Comparison of the structure of Japanese and English is also our concern, whenever possible, and it is seen that the transformational theory is helpful in such contrastive studies.

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Consider the first, allegedly contrastive fact, that there were some bank robbings by Sutton rather than no robbings at all by Sutton.

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Vowel length is contrastive.

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