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contrastive
/kən'træstɪv/
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  1. adjective
    of words so related that one contrasts with the other
    "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"

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    incompatible antonymous
  2. adjective
    strikingly different; tending to contrast
    "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"

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    contrasting different
  3. adjective
    syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence
    "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"

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    disjunctive
Examples of contrastive
  • "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"
  • "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
  • "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"
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