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/kənˈtɹɑːst/ · noun
(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable..
Israel is a country of many contrasts.
The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.
... there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast.
Why this denunciation of idolatry at this point? And why are Shabbat and the sanctuary mentioned as contrasts to idol worship?
Foreground and background strongly contrast.
The color of her dress contrasts very nicely with the black scarf around her neck.
The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars.
Use contrast when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Contrast means (countable) A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable..
Common synonyms include line, demarcation, counterpoint, dividing line.
Possible antonyms include liken.
Israel is a country of many contrasts.
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