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contrast   (TTS Sound)

The noun contrast has 5 senses

• contrast, direct contrast -- (the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast")


• contrast -- (the act of distinguishing by comparing differences)


• line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast -- (a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity")


• contrast -- (the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors)


• contrast -- (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))

The verb contrast has 2 senses

• contrast -- (put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student")


• contrast, counterpoint -- (to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities")