About The Word Contrastive

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Contrastive

Contrastive Meaning & Definition
Contrastive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Contrastive?

[adj] (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"
[adj] strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
[adj] of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Contrastive: antonymous | contrasting | different | disjunctive | incompatible

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