Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Contrast
contradictcontrast (-ed, -ing)
contrast, n. [Fr. < It. contrasto, contention, opposition.] (webplay: difference, impudence, kind, pictures, trees).
- Antithesis; opposition; complement.
- Comparison; demonstration of dissimilar qualities; placing of opposite things in view.
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