- Types Of Speech
- You can use contrast as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Contrast
- A 2 syllables noun and 8 letters with the letters a, c, n, o, r, s, and t, 6 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters tr. Contrast starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, co, con, cont, contr, and the ending characters are t, st, ast, rast, trast, ..
- Definition
- The act of distinguishing by comparing differences
- Origin/Roots
- French
- Pig Latin
- Contrast in Pig Latin is said as "ontrastcay or ontrastcway".
- Unigram
- c | o | n | t | r | a | s | t
- Bigram
- co | on | nt | tr | ra | as | st
- Trigram
- con | ont | ntr | tra | ras | ast
- Quadrigram
- cont | ontr | ntra | tras | rast
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
- the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
- the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
- a conceptual separation or demarcation;
"there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" - the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared;
"in contrast to", "by contrast"
- Verb Examples
- put in opposition to show or emphasize differences;
"The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student" - to show differences when compared;
be different;
"the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"
Synonym | Definition |
---|---|
Actinotherapy | (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance |
Admixture | the act of mixing together "paste made by a mix of flour and water" "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" |
Allegory | an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances an extended metaphor |
Analog | something having the property of being analogous to something else |
Analogise | make an analogy |
Analogize | make an analogy |
Analogue | something having the property of being analogous to something else |
Analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain" "the models show by analogy how matter is built up" |
Antagonism | (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure |
Anteposition |
View all cognitive synonyms for Contrast
Anagram | Definition |
---|---|
Contrast | the act of distinguishing by comparing differences |
View English words with the unique letters used in contrast. Words With The Letters Acnorst
Word | Definition |
---|---|
Contrast | the act of distinguishing by comparing differences |
Counterpoint | a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies |
Word | Definition |
---|---|
Comparing | examining resemblances or differences |
Comparison | examining resemblances or differences |
Contrast Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters