(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
Used in a Sentence
contrasts
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for contrasts.
Editorial note
Calvin is most famous for his work in Geneva, which is incidently what the author contrasts with our culture.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of contrasts gathered in one view.
(countable) Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for contrasts.
noun
(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
noun
(countable) Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
noun
(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
noun
(uncountable) The degree of this difference.
Example sentences
Calvin is most famous for his work in Geneva, which is incidently what the author contrasts with our culture.
This contrasts them with three-operand or even one operand instructions sets, where adding two values can have several encodings.
They are, as they say, a land of contrasts, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.
This contrasts Dota's more RTS controls where heroes are capable of amassing armies of units.
Use a filter that isn't designed to wash out a photo and lower contrast if you desire a photo with higher contrasts.
This contrasts argents which fall apart even before being presented with facts, like this.
Hey abritishguy, would be awesome to give me some examples to fix contrasts.
I don't know of any good books that specifically contrasts the advantages of the AmigaOS design with modern designs, unfortunately.
He contrasts working systems in practice compared to the pure relational technology.
It contrasts sharply with the valuations at which the startups (or even established companies, which no longer grow like crazy) are invested into at.
This is the first React article I read where it actually compares and contrasts the jQuery approach and the React approach.
Unrelated to this thread, but have to say, text/background color contrasts and font sizes on starfighter landing page are a bit painful to the eyes.
Quote examples
No, he doesn't." 他會說普通話嗎？ 他不會。 in Modern Standard Chinese characters contrasts with how you would write "Does he know how to speak Cantonese?
Malick is the director for "The Tree of Life", another movie about a child's inner life that the author contrasts "Inside Out" to in the article.
Certainly the original article posted does not go into any level of detail on ethnic groups within India, given that it contrasts (without any sense of irony) rates between South Asians and "Caucasians".
They clearly want to be good citizens of the community, but this is a sign of "evil megacorpdom" that rather contrasts with "employs Guido Van Rossum to work on Python and sponsors Pyston".
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use contrasts in a sentence?
Calvin is most famous for his work in Geneva, which is incidently what the author contrasts with our culture.
What does contrasts mean?
(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
What part of speech is contrasts?
contrasts is commonly used as noun.