contrastive
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(satellite adjective) (grammar) 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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(satellite adjective) of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms" |
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Synonyms: incompatible |
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(satellite adjective) strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors" |
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Synonyms: contrasting |
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