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CONTRASTIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence
Example:
disjunctive conjunctions like 'but', 'or', or 'though' serve a contrastive function
Classified under:
Similar:
disjunctive (serving or tending to divide or separate)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Strikingly different; tending to contrast
Example:
contrasting (or contrastive) colors
Synonyms:
contrasting; contrastive
Classified under:
Similar:
different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)
Derivation:
contrast (to show differences when compared; be different)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of words so related that one contrasts with the other
Example:
'rich' and 'hard-up' are contrastive terms
Synonyms:
contrastive; incompatible
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
antonymous (of words: having opposite meanings)
Derivation:
contrast (to show differences when compared; be different)
