contrast
noun
• the state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association.
• "the day began cold and blustery, in contrast to almost two weeks of uninterrupted sunshine"
Similar:
difference,
dissimilarity,
disparity,
dissimilitude,
distinction,
contradistinction,
divergence,
variance,
variation,
differentiation,
contradiction,
incongruity,
opposition,
polarity,
unlikeness,
contrast
verb
• differ strikingly.
• "his friend's success contrasted with his own failure"
Similar:
differ from,
be at variance with,
be contrary to,
conflict with,
go against,
be at odds with,
be in opposition to,
disagree with,
clash with,
set off,
complement,
scream at,
Origin:
late 17th century (as a term in fine art, in the sense ‘juxtapose so as to bring out differences in form and colour’): from French contraste (noun), contraster (verb), via Italian from medieval Latin contrastare, from Latin contra- ‘against’ + stare ‘stand’.
