Contradict vs. Contrast
Difference Between Contradict and Contrast
Contradictverb
To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).
His testimony contradicts hers.Contrastnoun
(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
Contradictverb
To deny the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).
Everything he says contradicts me.Contrastnoun
(uncountable) The degree of this difference.
The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart.Contradictverb
To be contrary to (something).
Contrastnoun
(countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
Contradictverb
(obsolete) To give an order contrary to (another order or wish), oppose (something).
Contrastnoun
(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
Israel is a country of many contrasts.Contradictverb
(obsolete) To give an order contrary to one given by (another person), oppose or resist (someone).
Contrastnoun
Antithesis.
Contradictverb
(obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.
Contrastverb
(transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.
Contradictverb
be in contradiction with
Contrastverb
(intransitive) To form a contrast.
Foreground and background strongly contrast.Contradictverb
deny the truth of
Contrastnoun
the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared;
in contrast toby contrastContradictverb
be resistant to;
The board opposed his motionContrastnoun
the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
Contradictverb
prove negative; show to be false
Contrastnoun
a conceptual separation or demarcation;
there is a narrow line between sanity and insanityContrastnoun
the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
Contrastnoun
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)
Contrastverb
put in opposition to show or emphasize differences;
The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest studentContrastverb
to show differences when compared; be different;
the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities
