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contrastive Definition
(s)
of
words
so
related
that
one
contrasts
with
the
other
; "`
rich
''
and
`
hard
-
up
''
are
contrastive
terms
"
(s)
strikingly
different
;
tending
to
contrast
; "
contrasting
(
or
contrastive
)
colors
"
(s)
syntactically
establishing
a
relationship
of
contrast
between
sentences
or
elements
of
a
sentence
; "
disjunctive
conjunctions
like
`
but
'', `
or
'',
or
`
though
''
serve
a
contrastive
function
"
contrastive Synonyms
contrasting
contrastive
incompatible
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