contrast
— Noun
– English
～ the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
contrast
— Noun
– English
～ the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to"; "by contrast"
contrast
— Noun
– English
～ the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
contrast
— Noun
– English
～ 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)
contrast
— Noun
– English
～ a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
contrasting
— Adjective
– English
～ strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
contrastingly
— Adverb
– English
～ in a contrasting manner; "contrastingly, both the rooms leading off it gave an immediate impression of being disgraced"
contrastive
— Adjective
– English
～ of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"
contrastive
— Adjective
– English
～ strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
contrastive
— Adjective
– English
～ syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"
contrasty
— Adjective
– English
～ having sharp differences between black and white
contravene
— Verb
– English
～ go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
contravention
— Noun
– English
～ coming into conflict with
contredanse
— Verb
– English
～ perform a contradance
contredanse
— Noun
– English
～ a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
contretemps
— Noun
– English
～ an awkward clash; "he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman"
contribute
— Verb
– English
～ be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing"
contribute
— Verb
– English
～ contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office"
contribute
— Verb
– English
～ bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"