contrastive

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contrastive Definition

• (s) of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich'' and `hard-up'' are contrastive terms"
• (s) strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
• (s) syntactically establishing a relationship of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive conjunctions like `but'', `or'', or `though'' serve a contrastive function"

contrastive Synonyms

• contrasting
• contrastive
• incompatible