Contradiction vs. Contrast
Difference Between Contradiction and Contrast
Contradictionnoun
The act of contradicting.
His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.Contrastnoun
(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
Contradictionnoun
(countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that makes a claim that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.
There is a contradiction in Clarence Page's statement that a woman should have the right to choose and decide for herself whether to have an abortion, and at the same time she should not have that right.There is a contradiction in what you say: she can't be both married and single.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.Contradictionnoun
(countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
Contrastnoun
(countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
Contradictionnoun
A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.
Contrastnoun
(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
Israel is a country of many contrasts.Contradictionnoun
opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
Contrastnoun
Antithesis.
Contradictionnoun
(logic) a statement that is necessarily false;
the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradictionContrastverb
(transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.
Contradictionnoun
the speech act of contradicting someone;
he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradictionContrastverb
(intransitive) To form a contrast.
Foreground and background strongly contrast.Contrastnoun
the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared;
in contrast toby contrastContrastnoun
the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
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
