contrast
B1Academic AWL-4Frequent NGSL-2UK /ˈkɒntrɑːst/US /ˈkɑːntræst/
Meaning
noun
a difference between two or more people or things that you can see clearly when they are compared or put close together; the fact of comparing two or more things in order to show the differences between them
“The two cities make an interesting contrast.”
verb
to compare two things in order to show the differences between them
“contrast A and B, The poem contrasts youth and age.”
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“But what struck me was the contrast between the light tone of the post and the heaviness of these emails.”
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