Contrastive (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function".
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Meaning 2
Of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms".
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Meaning 3
Strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors".
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