contrast
/ˈkɑnt(ʃ)ɹæst/ noun A2- The degree of this difference. · The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart.
- A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
- A difference between two objects, people or concepts. · Israel is a country of many contrasts.
- Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
- Antithesis.
- Contrast medium
Plural contrasts
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The walls were hollowed out in sepulchres, one above the other, and which seemed in contrast with the white stones to open their large dark eyes, like those which we see on the faces of the dead.
Bingley was endeared to Darcy by the easiness, openness, and ductility of his temper, though no disposition could offer a greater contrast to his own, and though with his own he never appeared dissatisfied.
There could not have been a greater contrast between brother and sister, for Stapleton was neutral tinted, with light hair and grey eyes, while she was darker than any brunette whom I have seen in England—slim, elegant, and tall.
His calm and serene look formed a singular contrast to Albert’s grief-stricken face, who approached also, followed by the other four young men.
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