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noun the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; ,
noun the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
noun a conceptual separation or distinction
originFrom French contraster, from Latin contrāstāre (“to resist", "to withstand”), from contrā (“against”) + stō, stāre (“to stand”).
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