Juxtaposed vs. Juxtaposition

Juxtaposed vs. Juxtaposition — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Juxtaposed and Juxtaposition

Juxtaposedadjective

Placed side by side often for comparison or contrast.

juxtaposed pictures

Juxtapositionnoun

The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.

Juxtaposedverb

simple past tense and past participle of juxtapose

Juxtapositionnoun

(grammar) An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.

Example: mother father instead of mother and father

Juxtaposedadjective

placed side by side often for comparison;

juxtaposed pictures

Juxtapositionnoun

(mathematics) An absence of operators in an expression.

Using juxtaposition for multiplication saves space when writing longer expressions. a \times b \! collapses to ab\!.
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Juxtapositionnoun

The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.

There was a poignant juxtaposition between the boys laughing in the street and the girl crying on the balcony above.

Juxtapositionnoun

(arts) Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.

The juxtaposition of the bright yellows on the dark background made the painting appear three dimensional.

Juxtapositionnoun

(rhetoric) The close placement of two ideas to imply a link that may not exist.

Example: In 1965 the government was elected; in 1965 the economy took a dive.

Juxtapositionverb

To place in juxtaposition.

Juxtapositionnoun

the act of positioning close together (or side by side);

it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors

Juxtapositionnoun

a side-by-side position

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