contrasting
adjective
[ kənˈtrɑːstɪŋ ]
• differing strikingly.
• "a contrasting view"
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’.
