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Definition: Contrast |
ContrastNoun1. The opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast". 2. The act of distinguishing by comparing differences. 3. A conceptual separation or demarcation: "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity". 4. The perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors. Verb1. Put in contrast. 2. To show differences when compared; be different. 3. Put in contrast. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "contrast" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Note: Contrast \Con*trast"\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Contrasted; Contrasting.]. (references) |
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Aerospace | 1. In general, the degree of differentiation between different tones in an image. Where the degree is slight, the image is said to be flat. Where the difference is marked, it is said to be contrasty. 2. The difference in luminance between two portions of the visual field usually expressed as: c = (background - test field)/background * 100%Since this ratio can be negative for nearly black targets at close range, and since the sign of the contrast has no psycho-physical significance, it is conventional to use only its absolute value. See threshold contrast. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The subjective assessment of the difference in appearance of two parts of a field of view seen simultaneously or successively, hence luminosity contrast, lightness contrast, colour contrast, simultaneous contrast, successive contrast, i. e. the subjective sense, and quantities defined by the formulae, for instance for luminance contrast, i. e. the objective sense. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | The difference between the brightness of an object compared to that of its immediate background. (references) |
Fine Arts | The ratio of two luminance levels in a scene or reproduced picture. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Is a sensitometric quantity derived from the characteristic curve of photographic emulsions. It is loosely interpreted as a measure of the contrast reproduced in a negative image. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mathematics | A contrast among the parameters in analysis of variance, or among the treatment and interaction effects in an experiment, is a linear function of these quantities with known constant coefficients which sum to zero. Source: European Union. (references) |
Physics | The difference of optical density between two adjacent elements of a radiographic image. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In visual perception of real life, printed paper, a computer display, etc. contrast between different parts of an image, especially between objects (including characters) and the background enables one to see objects, read text, etc.It depends on the color of the objects and background, paper and ink, etc. themselves, but also on the lighting.
For the computer display we can additionally distinguish between the properties of e.g. the picture file, and the properties of the computer display and its settings itself, such as how bright it is. For some screens the angle at which one looks at it is also an important factor.
In telecommunication, the term contrast has the following meanings:
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C
- In display systems, the relation between (a) the intensity of color, brightness, or shading of an area occupied by a display element, display group, or display image on the display surface of a display device and (b) the intensity of an area not occupied by a display elements, a display group, or a display image. Deprecated synonym: brightness ratio.
- In optical character recognition, the difference between color or shading of the printed material on a document and the background on which it is printed.
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In phonetics, minimal pairs are pairs of words or phrases in a particular language, which differ in only one phoneme and have a distinct meaning. They are used to demonstrate that two phones constitute two separate phonemes in the language.
English "let" + "lit" proves that phones /e/ and /i/ do in fact represent distinct phonemes [e] and [i]. The phones do not have to be vowels, as the English minimal pair of "pat" + "bat" shows. In fact, this pair only differs in vocalization of the initial consonant as the configuration of the mouth is same for /p/ and /b/.
Examples
Following pairs prove existence of various distinct phonemes in English.dime + time /d/ and /t/ rot + lot /r/ and /l/ zeal + seal /z/ and /s/ rhyme + time /r/ and /t/ meal + meet /l/ and /t/ feet + seat /f/ and /s/On the other hand, phones /p/ in "spin" and /ph/ in "pin" are both allophones of the phoneme [p] and no minimal pair can be found to distinguish them. Languages like Cantonese distinguish between them and they represent distinct phonemes [p] and [ph].
Here is a minimal set in French:
cire wax sûre sure soeur sister sieur sir sueur sweatTo an Anglophone, some or all of these sound alike, because the [ö] and [ü] sounds do not exist in English. A minimal triplet of consonants isbête noire [betnwar] black beast, pet peeve baie noire [benwar] black berry (not blackberry, which is mûre) baignoire [beñwar] bathtub[tn] is not a single phoneme in French, so this shows a minimal pair between the presence and absence of [t] next to [n], which shares its point of articulation. [n] and [ñ] differ only in point of articulation.There are three verbs in Hebrew which demonstrate the distinction, in some dialects, between a velar stop and an uvular stop on one hand, and a glottal stop with and without tightening of the throat on the other:
qara' read, call qara` tear apart kara` kneelIn Korean, phones /r/ in Korea and /l/ in Seoul are allophones of the phoneme [l] and are perceived by native speakers of Korean as a single letter i.e. phoneme. The difference is that /r/ is pronounced before vowels.
In Spanish, /z/ and /s/ are both allophones of [s] and /z/ appears only before voiced consonants as in mismo /mizmo/. On the other hand, Spanish and Italian have many minimal pairs differing only in stress.
French and Latin have no distinctive stress, but Latin did have distinctive length of consonants (as does Italian) and distinctive length of vowels (as do German and Hungarian).
Languages such as Mandarin Chinese and Japanese, but also for instance Serbo-Croatian, Norwegian and Lithuanian have distinctive tone. (See: melodic accent and tonal language.)
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Synonyms: ContrastSynonyms: demarcation (n), direct contrast (n), dividing line (n), line (n), counterpoint (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Comparison | Verb: compare to, compare with; collate, confront; place side by side, juxtapose; (near); set against one another, pit against one another; contrast, balance. |
Noun: comparison, collation, contrast; identification; comparative estimate, relative estimate, relativity. | |
Contrariety | Noun: contrariety, contrast, foil, oppositeness; contradiction; antagonism; (opposition); clashing, repugnance. |
Inversion; the opposite, the reverse, the inverse, the converse, the antipodes, the other extreme. Verb: be contrary; Adjective: contrast with, oppose; diller toto coelo. | |
Difference | Verb: be different; Adjective: differ, vary, ablude, mismatch, contrast; divaricate; differ toto coelo, differ longo intervallo. |
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Screenplays | Yes, it's such a marvelous contrast to my own splendid good health (Get Smart; writing credit: Shinichi Sekizawa; Futaro Yamada) | |
Clever | Someone who thinks logically is a nice contrast to the real world. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Contrast in Rhythm (1955) Unlimited Contrast (2000) | |
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 | Shown are cancer cells in culture from human connective tissue, illuminated by darkfield amplified contrast, at a magnification of 500x. These cells can be compared to normal cells in AV-8711-3168. Credit: Dr. Cecil Fox (photographer). |  | Shown is normal cells of human connective tissue in culture. At a magnification of 500x, the cells were illuminated by darkfield amplified contrast technique. This slide compares to the cancerous cells in AV-8711-3170. Credit: Dr. Cecil Fox (photographer). |
 | Note the contrast between normal skin cytoarchitecture, and the beginning acanthosis (increased thickness of the stratum spinosum) with elongation of rete pegs; magnified 100X. Credit: CDC. |  | Bacillus anthracis endospores are seen under phase contrast microscopy as lighter areas, i.e. "points of light", due to the fact that they are dehydrated, and therefore, more refractile. Credit: CDC. |
 | Viking 2 image of the region around the "Inca City". On a laterorbit (421), Viking 2 again imaged the region. This time, the Inca City isclearly visible. This image was taken through the red filter. It has beenenhanced to bring out the details (noise reduced and contrast enhanced). Theresolution of this image is 0.146 km/pixel and is centered at -81.82 degreeslatitude and 59.59 degrees longitude. Reproduced from volume 59 of theMission to Mars: Viking Orbiter Images of Mars CD-ROM set. Credit: NASA. |  | The "face" on Mars. Taken from image 035A72. The image wasclipped, inverted (to produce the usual orientation which has been published),magnified by a factor of three, and contrast enhanced again, all usingColor It!™. (Note: Much of the "blocky" nature of the image is causedby the lossy compression scheme used in JPEG files.). Credit: NASA. |
 | The Parana River delta is a huge forested marshland about 32km northeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The area is a very popular tour destination. Guided boat tours can be taken into this vast labyrinth of marsh and trees. The Parana River delta is one of the world's greatest bird-watching destinations. This image highlights the striking contrast between dense forest and wetland marshes, and the deep blue ribbon of the Parana River. Credit: NASA. |  | Image #3 of sequence. In sharp contrast, by July 1998, a dramatic recovery had taken place. There is a well-developed cold tongue and a dramatic bloom of phytoplankton along the equator. High chlorophyll concentrations had not previously been observed over such a large area. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Diadema sp. urchins feeding on algae growth on dead Porites lobata. Note contrast between dead coral and live colony on bottom right. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | A dramtic fenceline contrast is seen whewre over-grazed rangeland contrasts with more healthy rangeland. Credit: Tim McCabe. |
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| "Contrast" by Mike Mertz Commentary: "Contrast between the change in architecture and abilities of man in the past 100 years. Or something." | "High Contrast Bouganvillia" by Annette Gulick Commentary: "One of our bouganvillia plants - it looked boring, so i upped the contrast. I hope someone can use it." |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | This talk about free selling and buying, and all the other "brave words" of our bourgeoisie about freedom in general, have a meaning, if any, only in contrast with restricted selling and buying, with the fettered traders of the Middle Ages, but have no meaning when opposed to the Communistic abolition of buying and selling, of the bourgeois conditions of production, and of the bourgeoisie itself. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | I did not myself agree with many things that were done, but I have a very strong impression in my mind of that situation, and I find it painful to contrast it with that which prevails now. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | Today, in contrast, many Negroes have achieved outstanding success in the arts and sciences as well as in the business and professional world. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Never has God, who takes pleasure in antitheses, made a more striking contrast and a more extraordinary meeting |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Such is the contrast between winter and spring |
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Health | Infants, by contrast, spend about half of their sleep time in REM sleep. (references) | |
The chemicals released by skin mast cells, in contrast, can prompt hives. (references) | ||
PET shows brain function, in contrast to CT or MRI, which show brain structure. (references) | ||
Business | Large quantities of methanol are imported in contrast to the other three organics. (references) | |
Foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) by contrast, are permitted to retain foreign exchange contributed to or earned by the enterprise. (references) | ||
Approximately $30 billion was spent on the provision of healthcare in 1999. In contrast to the U.S., private healthcare plays a minimal role in the Dutch system. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Burma | Authorities also reportedly have issued a court order under which the killing of a Muslim is to be punished with a minimum of a 3-month sentence while, in contrast, the sentence for a Muslim hitting a Buddhist is 3 years. (references) |
Economic History | Egypt | U.S. suppliers, by contrast, generally want performance bonds limited to safe delivery and/or set-up. (references) |
New Zealand | The convention priority period for designs is six months, in contrast with the 12 months for patents. (references) | |
Human Rights | Croatia | By contrast ethnic Croat homeowners wishing to return to their property in the Danubian region generally were able to recover their homes by evicting the ethnic Serbs occupying them. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | There were no reports that Palestinian security forces impeded the provision of medical assistance to injured Israelis in the occupied territories during the year, in contrast to two such allegations in 2000; however, the Israeli Government stated that there were instances in which Israeli ambulances were attacked by Palestinian civilians. (references) | |
Minorities | Cape Verde | While some cases date from 1975, after 1990 the rate of incidence increased; however, in contrast to previous years, there were no incidents during the year. (references) |
Political Economy | Vietnam | People's Councils, in contrast, have very little real authority. (references) |
Uk | The Conservatives, by contrast, are likely to oppose such a referendum. (references) | |
Fiji | The ethnic division is illustrated by the contrast between the private and public sectors; Indo-Fijian families largely control most private businesses, while indigenous Fijians largely head the government ministries and the armed forces. (references) | |
Political Rights | Georgia | The Central Election Commission (CEC) reported that Shevardnadze won with over 78 percent of the vote to Patiashvili's 16 percent, in contrast to observer estimates of 50 to 70 percent of the vote for Shevardnadze and 30 percent for Patiashvili. (references) |
Trade | Brazil | Brazil's average applied tariff was 13.7 percent in 2000. The average tariff in 1990, by contrast, was 32 percent. (references) |
Worker Rights | United Kingdom | In contrast 19 percent of private sector workers are unionized. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TRIAL, n. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. In order to effect this purpose it is necessary to supply a contrast in the person of one who is called the defendant, the prisoner, or the accused. If the contrast is made sufficiently clear this person is made to undergo such an affliction as will give the virtuous gentlemen a comfortable sense of their immunity, added to that of their worth. In our day the accused is usually a human being, or a socialist, but in mediaeval times, animals, fishes, reptiles and insects were brought to trial. A beast that had taken human life, or practiced sorcery, was duly arrested, tried and, if condemned, put to death by the public executioner. Insects ravaging grain fields, orchards or vineyards were cited to appeal by counsel before a civil tribunal, and after testimony, argument and condemnation, if they continued in contumaciam the matter was taken to a high ecclesiastical court, where they were solemnly excommunicated and anathematized. In a street of Toledo, some pigs that had wickedly run between the viceroy's legs, upsetting him, were arrested on a warrant, tried and punished. In Naples and ass was condemned to be burned at the stake, but the sentence appears not to have been executed. D'Addosio relates from the court records many trials of pigs, bulls, horses, cocks, dogs, goats, etc., greatly, it is believed, to the betterment of their conduct and morals. In 1451 a suit was brought against the leeches infesting some ponds about Berne, and the Bishop of Lausanne, instructed by the faculty of Heidelberg University, directed that some of "the aquatic worms" be brought before the local magistracy. This was done and the leeches, both present and absent, were ordered to leave the places that they had infested within three days on pain of incurring "the malediction of God." In the voluminous records of this cause celebre nothing is found to show whether the offenders braved the punishment, or departed forthwith out of that inhospitable jurisdiction. |
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John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | If we turn our thoughts to the condition of their country, in the contrast of the first and last day of that half century, how resplendent and sublime is the transition from gloom to glory! |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | While we have had wars in the Western Hemisphere, yet on the whole the record is in encouraging contrast with that of other parts of the world. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | By contrast with Germany, in Japan we have occupied a country still possessing an organized and operating governmental system. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | The revolution on our own countryside stands in the sharpest contrast to the repeated farm failures of the Communist nations and is a source of pride to us all. |
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| "Contrast" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.30% of the time. "Contrast" is used about 6,341 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.3% | 6,107 | 1,594 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.79% | 177 | 23,322 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.91% | 58 | 44,427 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,341 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "contrast": accentuated contrast ♦ be a great contrast to ♦ be in contrast ♦ be in contrast to ♦ by contrast with ♦ contrast material ♦ Contrast Media ♦ contrast medium ♦ Contrast sensitivity ♦ contrast sharply ♦ defining contrast ♦ direct contrast ♦ form a contrast ♦ high contrast ♦ in contrast to ♦ in contrast with ♦ polar contrast ♦ Polaric contrast ♦ print contrast signal ♦ radiographic contrast ♦ to make a pleasant contrast ♦ violence of the contrast ♦ visual threshold of luminance contrast. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "contrast": contrast-exalting, contrast-reversing, contrast-stretched, contrast-trimmed. | |
Ending with "contrast": comparison-and-contrast, comparison-contrast, high-contrast, low-contrast, over-contrast, phase-contrast, plain-contrast, that-contrast. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "contrast"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | teenstelling (antithesis, contradistinction, opposition), afsteek (cut off). (various references) | |
Albanian | kundërshtim (censure, challenge, contradiction, demur, demurrer, deprecation, dispraise, exception, kick, objection, obtestation, opposition, protest, reaction, rebellion, rebuff, rebuttal, recalcitrance, retort, return, set down, Stonewall, stonewalling), krahasoj (check, compare, confront, equalize, like, liken, mate, sample, weigh up), kontrast (contraposition, disparity, foil, opposition, set off), dallim i theksuar, ballafaqoj (confront, juxtapose, match). (various references) | |
Arabic | مضاد (antagonistic, anti-, antithesis, contra, contrary, converse, counter, reverse), قارن (associate, compare, confront, coupling, draw an analogy, liken, match, parallel, unite with), غاير, تفاوت (difference, disparity, disproportion, inequality, variance, vary), تكشف عن وجوه, تغاير, تباين (chasm, disparity, dissimilarity, inequality), المغايرة, التغاير (contraindication), شىء يتكشف. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съпоставяне (apposition, juxtaposition), сравнявам (collate, compare, confront, liken, parallel, put together), разлика (contradistinction, difference, distance, distinction, excess, inconformity, margin, odds, variance, variation), контрастност, контрастирам, контраст (antithesis, contradistinction, contraposition, counterpoint, foil, offset, set off), противореча, противопоставяне (confrontation, contradistinction, dichotomy, objection, opposition, resistance), противопоставям (match, oppose), противоположност (contradistinction, incongruity, inverse, obverse, opposite, opposition). (various references) | |
Chinese | 襯 (assist, give alms, lining, to line, underwear), 比較 (comparatively, compare, fairly, quite, rather, relatively), 比照 (according to, in the light of), 對照 , 對比 (balance), 对比 (Contrasted, Contrasting). (various references) | |
Czech | protiklad (antinomy, antithesis, contradiction, opposition), postavit (build, construct, erect, field, found, pitch, place, put, put up, raise, rear, right, set, state), porovnat (collate), kontrastovat, kontrast (relief), být v protikladu. (various references) | |
Danish | modsætning (antithesis, contradistinction, opposition), kontrast. (various references) | |
Dutch | contrasteren, contrast (gradation), afsteken (bevel, cut off). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kontrasto, kontrasti. (various references) | |
Faeroese | mótstøða (antithesis, contradistinction, opposition). (various references) | |
Farsi | مقابله (Collation, Opposition), مغایرت (Aversion, Odds, Repugnance, Variance), هم سنجی , تقابل , تباین (Divergence, Inconsistency), برابرکردن (Balance, Compare, Equate, Par, Parallel). (various references) | |
Finnish | vastakohta (antithesis, the opposite, the reverse of), vastakkaisuus (antagonism, contradiction, discrepancy), kontrasti. (various references) | |
French | contraste (radiographic contrast). (various references) | |
Frisian | ôfstekke (cut off). (various references) | |
German | Kontrast (radiographic contrast), gegensatz (antagonism, anticlimax, antithesis, complement, conflict, contradistinction, countersubject, difference, opposite, opposition). (various references) | |
Greek | αντίθεση (antithesis, conflict, contrariety, contravention, oppositeness, opposition), συγκρίνω (compare, compare to), αντιπαραθέτω (juxtapose). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לעמוד זה כנגד זה, להשוות (compare, even, level, liken, match, peer), להציג נגודים, קונטרסט, השואה (analogy, comparison, equalization, resemblance), נגוד (antagonism, antithesis, contradiction, inverse, opposite, opposition). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ellentét (antagonism, antitheses, antithesis, clash, contradistinction, contrary, disaccord, disagreement, foil, offset, reverse, set off, variance), ellentétes dolog. (various references) | |
Icelandic | mótsetning (antithesis, contradistinction, opposition). (various references) | |
Indonesian | perbedaan (chasm, contradiction, contrariety, difference, differentiation, discrimination, disparity, dissent, dissidence, distinction, divergence, diverification, variation). (various references) | |
Italian | contrasto (collision, discord, offset, quarrel). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 反対 (antagonism, dissension, hostility, objection, opposite, opposition, resistance, reverse, vice versa), コンテナ船 (condense, condensed milk, condenser, condition, conditioner, conditioning, container ship, contemporary, contents, contra, contrabass, contract, contraction, contralto, control, control amp, control program, control tower, controller, tale), 対照 (antithesis, comparison), 対照 (antithesis, comparison), 対比 (comparison). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たいしょう (a caravan, admiral, antithesis, big prize, boss, comparison, crushing victory, first prize, general, great victory, hearty laugh, imperial rescript, loud laughter, object, specific, subject, symmetry, Taisho Era, target), たいひ (comparison, compost, evacuation, loan, shelter, shunt, taking refuge), コントラスト , はんたい (antagonism, dissension, hostility, objection, opposite, opposition, resistance, reverse, vice versa). (various references) | |
Korean | 대조 (checkup, Collating, Collation, Contrasting). (various references) | |
Manx | soie noi ry hoi, soiaghey noi ry-hoi, neuchosoyley, neuchosoylaght (improbability). (various references) | |
Norwegian | motsetning (antithesis, contradistinction, opposition). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ontrastcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | contraste (chiaroscuro, contradistinction, foil, opposition), contrastar (contradistinguish). (various references) | |
Romanian | contrasta (oppose), contrast (contradistinction, contraposition), confrunta (collate, compare, confront), nepotrivire (contradiction, disagreement, discrepancy, dissimilarity, inadequacy, incongruity, jar, misfit). (various references) | |
Russian | контрастировать контраст, контрастировать, контраст (foil, set off, setoff), оттенок (color, colour, nuance, savor, savour, shade, shade of, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, touch, undertone), противопоставлять (contradistinguish, oppose), противоположность (contrariety, contrary, inverse, opposite, reciprocal). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uporediti (compare, liken), suprotstaviti (oppose, pit), suprotnost (antithesis, contrary, converse, obverse, opposite, opposition, reverse, set off), razlikovati se (differ, distinguish, vary), nijansa (hue, nuance, shade, tint, tone), kontrast. (various references) | |
Spanish | contraste (contradistinction, contrary, hallmark, plate-mark), contrastar (check, resist). (various references) | |
Swedish | kontrast (antithesis, foil, opposition, set off), motsats (antithesis, contradistinction, contrariety, contrary, converse, counter, obverse, opposite, opposition, reverse), kontrastera. (various references) | |
Turkish | zıtlık (antagonism, antinomy, antipodes, antithesis, contradistinction, cross-purposes, opposition, repugnance), tezat oluşturmak, tezat (contradiction, extreme, incompatibility, interference, setoff), kontrastı olmak, kontrast (setoff), karşılaştırmak (balance, check, check against, class with, collate, compare, confront, confront smb. with, crosscheck, match, parallel, set against), çelişmek (be in contradiction with, belie, contradict), çelişki (antinomy, cleavage, contradiction, contradictoriness, discrepancy, excursion, paradox, variable). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | контрастувати, контраст (antiperistasis, antithesis, foil, oppositeness, opposition, set off), відмінність (difference, disagreement, disparity, divergence, divergency, diversity, otherness), протиставити, порівнювати (balance, collate, compare, confront, weigh). (various references) | |
Welsh | cyferbynnu (compare), cyferbyniad, gwrthgyferbynnu, gwrthgyferbyniad (antithesis). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | contentio, contentione, contentionem, contentiones, contentionibus, contentionis, contra. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | contrastare. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "contrast": contrastable, contrasted, contrasting, contrastive, contrastively, contrasts, contrasty. (additional references) | |
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"Contrast" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cantarist, Coetraks, comturist, Condoratt, constrast, contrat, contrats, contratto, contre, Conturas, cpntrast. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "contrast" (pronounced kÄ"ntrast or kuntra"st) |
| 3 | -a s t | bombast, oblast. |
| 4 | -r a" s t | grassed. |
| 3 | -a" s t | aghast, amassed, assed, Bast, blast, cast, caste, classed, fast, gassed, Gast, glassed, harassed, hast, lambaste, last, massed, mast, miscast, passed, past, precast, recast, surpassed, unsurpassed, vast. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: attorns, cantors, cartons, contras, cottars, cratons, octants, rattons. | |
-2 letters: acorns, actors, attorn, cantor, cantos, carton, castor, contra, costar, cotans, cottar, cottas, craton, narcos, octans, octant, ottars, racons, ratton, scrota, stator, tarocs, tarots, tracts, tronas. | |
-3 letters: acorn, actor, arson, ascot, canso, canst, canto, cants, carns, carts, coast, coats, corns, costa, cotan, cotta, narco, narcs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: contracts, contrasts, contrasty, tractions, turncoats. | |
+2 letters: carnotites, cartoonist, castration, constraint, contraltos, contrasted, recontacts, transactor. | |
+3 letters: abstraction, astronautic, attractions, cartoonists, castrations, consternate, constraints, contractors, contradicts, contrasting, contrastive, corotations, cotoneaster, cotransport, counteracts, countryseat, creationist, detractions, distraction, eructations, extractions, intercostal, nonabstract, nonartistic, protectants, punctuators, recitations, retractions, romanticist, rustication, subcontract, subtraction, technocrats, trajections, transaction, transactors, transection, translocate, trochanters, truncations, urtications. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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