Opposite vs. Contrast
Oppositeadjective
Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
Oppositeadjective
(botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
Oppositeadjective
Facing in the other direction.
Oppositeadjective
Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
Oppositeadjective
Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
Oppositenoun
Something opposite or contrary to something else.
Oppositenoun
An opponent.
Oppositenoun
An antonym.
Oppositenoun
(mathematics) An additive inverse.
Oppositeadverb
In an opposite position.
Oppositepreposition
Facing, or across from.
Oppositepreposition
In a complementary role to.
Oppositepreposition
(television) On another channel at the same time.
Oppositeadjective
Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; - often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange; the concert hall and the state theater stood opposite each other on the plaza.
Oppositeadjective
Situated on the other end of an imaginary line passing through or near the middle of an intervening space or object; - of one object with respect to another; as, the office is on the opposite side of town; - also used both to describe two objects with respect to each other; as, the stores were on opposite ends of the mall.
Oppositeadjective
Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme; antonyms have opposite meanings.
Oppositeadjective
Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
Oppositeadjective
Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.
Oppositenoun
One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.
Oppositenoun
That which is opposed or contrary in character or meaning; as, sweetness and its opposite; up is the opposite of down.
Oppositenoun
two words that express opposing concepts;
Oppositenoun
a relation of direct opposition;
Oppositenoun
a contestant that you are matched against
Oppositenoun
something inverted in sequence or character or effect;
Oppositeadjective
being directly across from each other; facing;
Oppositeadjective
of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;
Oppositeadjective
moving or facing away from each other;
Oppositeadjective
the other one of a complementary pair;
Oppositeadjective
altogether different in nature or quality or significance;
Oppositeadjective
characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed;
Oppositeadverb
directly facing each other;
Contrastnoun
(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
Contrastnoun
(uncountable) The degree of this difference.
Contrastnoun
(countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
Contrastnoun
(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
Contrastnoun
Antithesis.
Contrastverb
(transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.
Contrastverb
(intransitive) To form a contrast.
Contrastverb
To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.
Contrastverb
To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past.
Contrastverb
To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object.
Contrastnoun
The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities.
Contrastnoun
Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp. as shown by juxtaposition or comparison.
Contrastnoun
The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's peculiarities.
Contrastnoun
the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared;
Contrastnoun
the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
Contrastnoun
a conceptual separation or demarcation;
Contrastnoun
the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
Contrastnoun
the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
Contrastverb
put in opposition to show or emphasize differences;
Contrastverb
to show differences when compared; be different;
