Addition vs. Contrast: What's the Difference?
Addition and Contrast Definitions
Addition
The operation that, for positive integers, consists of increasing by a definite number of increments of 1. The operation is extended to other numbers according to the additive properties of positive integers and other algebraic properties.
Contrast
To set in opposition in order to show or emphasize differences
An essay that contrasts city and country life.
Contrasted this computer with inferior models.
Addition
Any of certain analogous operations involving mathematical objects other than numbers.
Contrast
To show differences when compared
Siblings who contrast sharply in interests and abilities.
A color that contrasted clearly with the dark background.
Addition
The process of adding or joining something to something else, typically to make it larger
The addition of a porch to the house would increase its resale value.
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Contrast
(Linguistics) To evince a difference that can distinguish meaning
Voiced and voiceless stops contrast in English but not in Cree.
Addition
Something added
This painting would make a fine addition to the museum's collection.
Contrast
The act of contrasting; a setting off of dissimilar entities or objects.
Addition
(uncountable) The act of adding anything.
The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.
Contrast
The state of being contrasted
Red berries standing in vivid contrast against the snow.
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Addition
Anything that is added.
Contrast
A difference, especially a strong dissimilarity, between entities or objects compared
The contrast between Northern and Southern speech patterns.
Addition
(uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
Contrast
One thing that is strikingly dissimilar to another
My new school was a welcome contrast to the one before.
Addition
(music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
Contrast
The use of opposing elements, such as colors, forms, or lines, in proximity to produce an intensified effect in a work of art.
Addition
A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.
Contrast
The difference in brightness between the light and dark areas of a picture, such as a photograph or video image.
Addition
(heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.
Contrast
(Linguistics) A difference between units, especially one that distinguishes meaning.
Addition
The act of adding two or more things together; - opposed to subtraction or diminution.
Contrast
(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
Addition
Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building.
Contrast
(uncountable) The degree of this difference.
The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart.
Addition
That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.
Contrast
(countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
Addition
A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
Contrast
(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
Israel is a country of many contrasts.
Addition
A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title.
Contrast
(countable) Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
Addition
Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; - opposed to abatement.
Contrast
Antithesis.
Addition
A component that is added to something to improve it;
The addition of a bathroom was a major improvement
The addition of cinammon improved the flavor
Contrast
(transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.
Addition
The act of adding one thing to another;
The addition of flowers created a pleasing effect
The addition of a leap day every four years
Contrast
(intransitive) To form a contrast.
Foreground and background strongly contrast.
Addition
A quantity that is added;
There was an addition to property taxes this year
They recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks
Contrast
To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.
The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars.
Addition
Something added to what you already have;
The librarian shelved the new accessions
He was a new addition to the staff
Contrast
To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past.
Addition
A suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
Contrast
To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object.
The figures of the groups must not be all on side . . . but must contrast each other by their several position.
Addition
The arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers;
The summation of four and three gives seven
Four plus three equals seven
Contrast
The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities.
Place the prospect of the soulIn sober contrast with reality.
Contrast
Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp. as shown by juxtaposition or comparison.
The contrasts and resemblances of the seasons.
Contrast
The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's peculiarities.
Contrast
The opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared;
In contrast to
By contrast
Contrast
The act of distinguishing by comparing differences
Contrast
A conceptual separation or demarcation;
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)
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
To show differences when compared; be different;
The students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities
