contrast

Definition

  • verb: to be different especially in a way that is very obvious
  • verb: to set off in contrast
  • + 'to'
  • synonyms: allegory, analogize, analogy

Examples

  • His comments were 'in stark/marked/sharp contrast with/to' his earlier statements. [=his comments were very different from his earlier statements]

  • We talked about the 'contrasts' between his early books and his later books. [=the ways in which his early and later books are different]

  • Today's weather is quite a 'contrast to' yesterday's. [=today's weather is very different from yesterday's weather]

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