Contradiction vs. Contrast

Contradiction vs. Contrast — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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 contradiction

Contrastverb

(transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.

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Contradictionnoun

the speech act of contradicting someone;

he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction

Contrastverb

(intransitive) To form a contrast.

Foreground and background strongly contrast.

Contrastnoun

the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared;

in contrast toby contrast

Contrastnoun

the act of distinguishing by comparing differences

Contrastnoun

a conceptual separation or demarcation;

there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity

Contrastnoun

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 student

Contrastverb

to show differences when compared; be different;

the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities