contrast

  1. Noun.  (countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
  2. Noun.  (uncountable) The degree of this difference.
  3. Noun.  (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
  4. Noun.  (countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
  5. Noun.  (countable, uncountable) Antithesis.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.
  7. Verb.  (intransitive) To form a contrast.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.