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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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