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    [Verb]  | "con*trast" | \ kən-ˈtrast \


    1: to set off in contrast : compare or appraise in respect to differences —often used with to or with

    2: to form a contrast


    Origin: 1695 ;

     Borrowed from French contraster "to be in opposition (of elements of a work of art)," re-formation (after Italian contrastare "to oppose, set against, be in opposition [of elements of a work of art]") of Middle French contrester "to resist, oppose, struggle against," going back to Old French, going back to Vulgar Latin *contrāstāre "to oppose," from Latin contrā "opposite, facing, against" + stāre "to stand" {mat|contra-|}, {mat|stand:1|};

    [Verb]  | "contrast" 


    1: to be unlike; to not be the same;


      * e.g., " ... her depressed mood today contrasts sharply with her good spirits yesterday "





    [Verb]  | "contrasting" 


    1: to be unlike; to not be the same;


      * e.g., " ... her depressed mood today contrasts sharply with her good spirits yesterday "





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