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Definition: Contrasting |
ContrastingAdjective1. Strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "contrasting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonym: ContrastingSynonym: contrastive (adj). (additional references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Soil EC Mapping System using electrical conductivity to identify areas of contrasting soil property is being pulled behind truck through ag fields. Credit: Bob Nichols. |
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| "Echo bay backroads" by Jeff L Commentary: "This was shot probably around 1991-2 off a dirt road in behind echo bay, ontario somewhere. Lots of pretty colours contrasting with the evergreens." | "Pond Rainbow" by Stephen Mishler Commentary: "Faint rainbow with contrasting light and dark with passing storm." |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Contrasting the effect of high-dose intermittent ultraviolet B light on human melanocytes with chronic UVB exposure. (references) | |
Economic History | Canada | The combination of the influx of Asian, as well as other ethnic origin immigrants with contrasting dietary traditions, and the trend among consumers for a healthier diet has transformed the Canadian food supply. (references) |
Nicaragua | The sector contracted by 20 percent, contrasting with a 21.7 percent increase in 1999. Some 118,000 troy ounces of gold were produced in 2000, a 17.5 percent decrease from 1999. 49,800 troy ounces of silver were produced in 2000, a 12.9 percent decrease from 1999. Non-metallic mining products experienced a significant slowdown as the construction sector slowed. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Contrasting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 56.17% of the time. "Contrasting" is used about 381 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 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 56.17% | 214 | 20,696 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 42.78% | 163 | 24,498 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.79% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 381 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "contrasting": contrasting colors ♦ contrasting colours. Additional references. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
colors contrasting | 6 |
comparing contrasting | 4 |
art contrasting writing | 4 |
comparing contrasting essay | 4 |
comparing contrasting strategy teaching | 3 |
compare compare compared comparing contrast contrast contrasted contrasting neoclassicism romanticism | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "contrasting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 对比 (Contrast, Contrasted). (various references) | |
Czech | protikladný (antagonistic, antithetic, conflicting, contradictory, contrary), kontrastní. (various references) | |
Danish | kontrastfarve (contrasting colour), kontrasterende idéer (contrasting ideas). (various references) | |
Finnish | vastakkaisvaikutus (contrasting effect). (various references) | |
French | couleur contrastante (contrasting colour), pensées contraires imposées (contrasting ideas), bandes (a number of areas of contrasting colour separated from one another by straight lines). (various references) | |
German | entgegensetzend (opposing, subtending). (various references) | |
Greek | αντίθετοσ (absonant, adverse, contrary, jarring, opposed, opposite). (various references) | |
Hebrew | נוגד (adversative, opposite), נגודי. (various references) | |
Italian | colore contrastante (contrasting colour), strisce (a number of areas of contrasting colour separated from one another by straight lines, and used as a distinguishing characteristic for navigation marks, bands, stripes), idee ossessive (contrasting ideas), idee coatte (contrasting ideas). (various references) | |
Korean | 대조 (checkup, Collating, Collation, Contrast). (various references) | |
Manx | noi ry hoi (against one another, contrariwise), neuchosoylagh (improbable, incomparable, matchless, peerless). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ontrastingcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cor contrastante (contrasting colour). (various references) | |
Romanian | opunere (opposition, stand). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uporedan (comparative, parallel). (various references) | |
Spanish | color contrastante (contrasting colour), ideas contrastadas (contrasting ideas), fajas (a number of areas of contrasting colour separated from one another by straight lines, and used as a distinguishing characteristic for navigation marks, bands, stripes). (various references) | |
Turkish | kontrast renkler (contrasting colors, contrasting colours). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Contrasting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: centrestand. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "contrasting" (pronounced kuntra"sting) |
| 5 | -a" s t i ng | blasting, casting, everlasting, fasting, lasting, recasting. |
| 4 | -s t i ng | accosting, adjusting, arresting, assisting, attesting, besting, blacklisting, boasting, boosting, breasting, broadcasting, bursting, busting, coasting, coexisting, composting, consisting, contesting, costing, cresting, defrosting, delisting, digesting, disgusting, divesting, dusting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, exhausting, existing, feasting, forecasting, frosting, gusting, harvesting, Hasting, hoisting, hosting, ingesting, insisting, interesting, investing, jousting, lambasting, listing, lusting, manifesting, molesting, nesting, ousting, pasting, persisting, posting, preexisting, protesting, readjusting, reinvesting, requesting, resisting, resting, retesting, roasting, rusting, suggesting, tasting, testing, thrusting, toasting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, uninteresting, vesting, wasting, wresting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, associating, attempting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, betting, biting, bitting, blanketing, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boating, bolting, booting, boycotting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coating, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contracting, contradicting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, faulting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, homeporting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lamenting, laminating, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, malting, mandating, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, rerouting, resenting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, thermosetting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-n-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: constraint. | |
-2 letters: attorning, cartoning, constrain, nonartist, tractions, transonic. | |
-3 letters: actinons, agnostic, canonist, carotins, citators, coasting, coatings, congrats, constant, contains, contrast, crannogs, ignorant, intrants, notating, organics, organist, orgastic, oscitant, ricottas, roasting, rotating, sanction, scanting, scarting, scatting, scorning, snorting, sonantic, starting, strontia, strontic, tactions, toasting, tracings, traction, trancing. | |
-4 letters: actings, actinon, actions, agonist, anoints, antings, argotic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-i-n-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: nonstrategic. | |
+2 letters: consternating, translocating. | |
+3 letters: cotransporting, counterstating, subcontracting. | |
+4 letters: centrifugations, congratulations, counterstaining, gentrifications, procrastinating, prognosticating, prognostication. | |
+5 letters: countersignature, magnetostriction, prognostications. | |
| 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. | |
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