Contrast

Noun

 * 1)  A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
 * 2)  The degree of this difference.
 * The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them &mdash; I can hardly tell them apart.
 * 1)  A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
 * Israel is a country of many contrasts.
 * 1)  A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
 * 2)  Antithesis.

Verb

 * 1)  To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.
 * 2)  To form a contrast.
 * Foreground and background strongly contrast.

Adjectives for Contrast
clear; exciting; flattering; bitter; brilliant; remote; poignant; startling; unfavorable.

Verbs for Contrast
accentuate—; cap—; disclose—; emphasize—; mark—; place in—;  present—; resent—; revel in—; serve as—; strike—; study—; vow—; —glares; —grows; —interests.

Adverbs for Contrast
vividly; sharply; strangely; whimsically; bitterly; strikingly; violently; picturesquely; invidiously.

Synonyms for Contrast
difference, opposite, contrariety, converse, contradiction, divergence, antithesis, incongruity, incompatibility, variation, disparity, dissimilarity, diversity.

Antonyms for Contrast
agreement, similarity, likeness, uniformity, sameness, [[conformity]], homogeneity, unity, identity, equality, copy.

Derived terms

 * contrasting

Thesaurus
allegory, analogize, analogy, antagonism, anteposition, antipathy, antithesis, arc lighting, assimilate, bad copy, bad likeness, balance, balancing, black and white, bracket, bring into analogy, bring into comparison, bump heads, camouflage, chiaroscuro, clashing, collate, collision, comparative anatomy, comparative degree, comparative grammar, comparative judgment, comparative linguistics, comparative literature, comparative method, compare, compare and contrast, compare with, comparing, comparison, conflict, confront, confrontation, confrontment, contend, contention, contradiction, contradistinction, contraindication, contrapose, contraposit, contraposition, contrariety, contrastiveness, correlation, counteract, counterpose, counterposition, cross-purposes, decorative lighting, departure, deviation, difference, differentiate, direct lighting, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, disconformity, discongruity, discordance, discrepancy, discreteness, discriminate, disguise, disparity, dissemblance, dissent, dissimilarity, dissimilation, dissimilitude, dissonance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, distinguish, divergence, divergency, diversity, draw a comparison, draw a parallel, electric lighting, enlightenment, face, far cry, festoon lighting, floodlighting, fluorescent lighting, front, gaslighting, glow lighting, heterogeneity, highlights, hostility, illumination, inaccordance, incandescent lighting, incommensurability, incomparability, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, indirect lighting, inequality, inharmoniousness, inharmony, inimicalness, irradiation, irreconcilability, juxtapose, lie opposite, light and shade, lighting, liken, liken to, likening, makeup, match, matching, measure against, meet head-on, mere caricature, metaphor, metaphorize, mixture, nonconformity, nonuniformity, odds, oppose, opposing, oppositeness, opposition, opposure, oppugnance, oppugnancy, otherness, overhead lighting, parallel, parallelism, perversity, place against, polar opposition, polarity, polarization, polarize, poor imitation, pose against, posing against, proportion, put in opposition, radiation, relate, relation, repugnance, run a comparison, separateness, set against, set in contrast, set in opposition, set off, set off against, set over against, showdown, simile, similitude, similize, spot lighting, stage lighting, stand opposed, stand opposite, strip lighting, subtend, tonality, trope of comparison, unconformity, unlikeness, unorthodoxy, unresemblance, unsameness, unsimilarity, variance, variation, variegation, variety, view together, weigh, weigh against, weighing

Etymology
From contraster:, from  contrastare:, from, from  contra: + sto:

Pronunciation

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Noun

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 * Hebrew: ניגוד (nigud)


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: kontrastinappula


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Verb

 * Bulgarian: противопоставям, контрастирам
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 * French:
 * German: gegenüberstellen, kontrastieren
 * Hebrew: הנגיד