CONTRASTIVE





Definition:

  1. [adjective] of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"
    Synonyms: incompatible

  2. [adjective] strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
    Synonyms: contrasting

  3. [adjective] syntactically establishing a relationship of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"

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