Contrast - English meaning

plural noun

The likelihood that a particular thing will or will not happen

Usage examples:

She was sick yesterday, so the odds are she won’t be in today.

noun

The odds of something happening are how probable it is that it will happen

Usage examples:

The odds are against sth at the moment it seems the odds are against a deal., the odds are on sth/i…

phrase

To be in disagreement with someone or something, or to be different from him, her, or it

Usage examples:

Young people's reactions to world events are often at variance with those of their parents., her pu…

noun

A thing that contributes extra features to something else in such a way as to improve or emphasize its quality.

Usage examples:

Local ales provide the perfect complement to fine food

verb

Contribute extra features to (someone or something) in such a way as to improve or emphasize their qualities.

Usage examples:

A classic blazer complements a look that's smart or casual

verb

To help make something or someone more complete or effective

Usage examples:

She used photographs to complement the text of the news story., this ancient chinese therapy is par…

noun

A combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another.

Usage examples:

The proposed new system suffers from a set of internal contradictions

noun

The fact of something being the complete opposite of something else or very different from something else, so that one of them must be wrong

Usage examples:

You say that you're good friends and yet you don't trust him. isn't that a contradiction?

noun

A combination of words that is nonsense because some of the words suggest the opposite of some of the others

Usage examples:

Many people think that an honest politician is a contradiction in terms.

noun

Distinction made by contrasting the different qualities of two things.

Usage examples:

Such a process is known as induction, in contradistinction to the deduction process

noun

The difference between two or more things that is made clear by comparing them

Usage examples:

I use the term "child" in contradistinction to "parent" - it does not necessarily refer to a juveni…

noun

A point or way in which people or things are dissimilar.

Usage examples:

The differences between men and women

verb

Alter (a coat of arms) to distinguish members or branches of a family.

noun

The way in which two things being compared are not the same, or the fact of not being the same

Usage examples:

[ c ] we try to teach the kids the difference between right and wrong., [ c ] we’d like better seat…

noun

The action or process of differentiating or distinguishing between two or more things or people.

Usage examples:

Packaging can be a source of product differentiation

noun

The process by which cells in an embryo (= growing organism in the uterus, egg, or seed) become different types of cells and organs

noun

The process of showing how a product is different from similar products and what its advantages are, especially in order to attract a particular group of consumers

Usage examples:

Through differentiation, coffee could come to be marketed like wine, which is prized for specific l…

noun

A great difference.

Usage examples:

Economic disparities between different regions of the country

noun

A lack of equality and similarity, esp. in a way that is not fair

Usage examples:

[ c ] he will oppose a gross disparity in salary increases between teachers and other state employe…

noun

A situation in which two or more things are not equal or similar, especially when this is thought to be unfair

Usage examples:

Economic/income/pay disparity manhattan had the greatest income disparity between rich and poor res…

noun

Dissimilarity or diversity.

Usage examples:

Now there is a compelling formulation of the principle of anglican comprehensiveness - ‘manifold an…

noun

A difference, or the state of being different

Usage examples:

An important dissimilitude between hereditary and elective monarchy

noun

A difference or contrast between similar things or people.

Usage examples:

I was completely unaware of class distinctions

noun

A difference between two similar things

Usage examples:

[ c ] the comment drew/made a false distinction between domestic and foreign affairs, which are rea…

noun

The quality of being excellent

Usage examples:

Of distinction the city has produced very few writers of distinction.

noun

The process or state of diverging.

Usage examples:

The divergence between primates and other groups

noun

A situation in which two things become different, or the difference between them increases

Usage examples:

A divergence of opinion, the figures reveal a marked divergence between public sector pay settlemen…

noun

The situation in which two things become different

Usage examples:

Divergence between the divergence between the incomes of the rich and the poor countries seems to b…

phrasal verb

Resist

phrasal verb

To oppose or be in disagreement with something or someone

Usage examples:

What you’re asking me to do goes against everything i believe in., anytime they go against each oth…

noun

The state of being incongruous; incompatibility.

Usage examples:

The incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her

noun

The fact that something is incongruous

noun

Resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument.

Usage examples:

There was considerable opposition to the proposal

noun

Disagreement with something, often by speaking or fighting against it, or (esp. in politics) the people or group who are not in power

Usage examples:

The proposal faces strong opposition., they expect to defeat the opposition.

noun

The property of having poles or being polar.

Usage examples:

It exhibits polarity when presented to a magnetic needle

noun

The quality in an object that produces opposite magnetic or electric charges

noun

The fact or quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent.

Usage examples:

Her light tone was at variance with her sudden trembling

noun

A change or slight difference in condition, amount, or level, typically within certain limits.

Usage examples:

Regional variations in house prices

noun

Change in quality, amount, or level

Usage examples:

[ u ] the variation in the price during the past month is startling., [ c ] her movies are all vari…

noun

A change in the amount or level of something

Usage examples:

Unemployment rates for individual counties are not adjusted for seasonal variations., variation in …