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- Contrast - v. i. - To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.
- Contrast - v. t. - To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past.
- Contrast - v. t. - To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object.
- Contrast - n. - The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities.
- Contrast - n. - Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp. as shown by juxtaposition or comparison.
- Contrast - n. - The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's peculiarities.
- Contrasted - imp. & p. p. - of Contrast
- Contrastimulant - a. - Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants.
- Contrastimulant - n. - An agent which counteracts the effect of a stimulant.
- Contrasting - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Contrast
- Contradistinguish - v. t. - To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.
- Stripe - n. - A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
- Pro - adv. - For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast with con.
- Antithesis - n. - An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, "The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself." "He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen."
- Gnathostoma - n. pl. - A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them.
- Contrast - v. t. - To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past.
- Counter - adv. - Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
- Pun - v. i. - To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble.
- Polarity - n. - That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc.
- Foil - n. - Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.
- Relieve - v. t. - To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
- Litotes - n. - A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, " a citizen of no mean city," that is, of an illustrious city.
- Reason - n. - The faculty or capacity of the human mind by which it is distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the understanding, which is called the discursive or ratiocinative faculty.
- Phase - n. - Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.
- Catel - n. - Property; -- often used by Chaucer in contrast with rent, or income.
- Lecture - n. - A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.
- Damask - n. - Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color.
- Soft - superl. - Belonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc.
- Semichorus - n. - A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir.
- Burlesque - a. - Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.
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- G473 ἀντί - 473 ἀντί - ἈΝΤΊ - - antí - an-tee' - a primary particle; opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to):--for, in the room of. Often used in composition to denote contrast, requital, substitution, correspondence, etc. - Preposition - greek
- G3303 μέν - 3303 μέν - ΜΈΝ - - mén - men - a primary particle; properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with δέ (this one, the former, etc.):--even, indeed, so, some, truly, verily. Often compounded with other particles in an intensive or asseverative sense. - - greek
- G4793 συγκρίνω - 4793 συγκρίνω - ΣΥΓΚΡΊΝΩ - - synkrínō - soong-kree'-no - from σύν and κρίνω; to judge of one thing in connection with another, i.e. combine (spiritual ideas with appropriate expressions) or collate (one person with another by way of contrast or resemblance):--compare among (with). - Verb - greek
- G5104 τοί - 5104 τοί - ΤΟΊ - - toí - toy - probably for the dative case of ὁ; an enclitic particle of asseveration by way of contrast; in sooth:--(used only with other particles in the comparative, as καίτοιγε, μέντοι, τοιγαροῦν, τοίνυν, etc.) - - greek