Juxtaposition vs. Contrast — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Juxtaposition and Contrast
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Juxtaposition
The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
Contrast
To set in opposition in order to show or emphasize differences
An essay that contrasts city and country life.
Contrasted this computer with inferior models.
Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition is an act or instance of placing two elements close together or side by side. This is often done in order to compare/contrast the two, to show similarities or differences, etc.
Contrast
To show differences when compared
Siblings who contrast sharply in interests and abilities.
A color that contrasted clearly with the dark background.
Juxtaposition
The act or an instance of juxtaposing or the state of being juxtaposed.
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Contrast
(Linguistics) To evince a difference that can distinguish meaning
Voiced and voiceless stops contrast in English but not in Cree.
Juxtaposition
(grammar) An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.
Example: mother father instead of mother and father
Contrast
The act of contrasting; a setting off of dissimilar entities or objects.
Juxtaposition
(mathematics) An absence of operators in an expression.
Using juxtaposition for multiplication saves space when writing longer expressions. collapses to .
Contrast
The state of being contrasted
Red berries standing in vivid contrast against the snow.
Juxtaposition
The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
There was a poignant juxtaposition between the boys laughing in the street and the girl crying on the balcony above.
Contrast
A difference, especially a strong dissimilarity, between entities or objects compared
The contrast between Northern and Southern speech patterns.
Juxtaposition
(arts) Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.
The juxtaposition of the bright yellows on the dark background made the painting appear three dimensional.
Contrast
One thing that is strikingly dissimilar to another
My new school was a welcome contrast to the one before.
Juxtaposition
(rhetoric) The close placement of two ideas to imply a link that may not exist.
Example: In 1965 the government was elected; in 1965 the economy took a dive.
Contrast
The use of opposing elements, such as colors, forms, or lines, in proximity to produce an intensified effect in a work of art.
Juxtaposition
To place in juxtaposition.
Contrast
The difference in brightness between the light and dark areas of a picture, such as a photograph or video image.
Juxtaposition
A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.
Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition.
Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity.
Contrast
(Linguistics) A difference between units, especially one that distinguishes meaning.
Juxtaposition
The act of positioning close together (or side by side);
It is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors
Contrast
(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
Juxtaposition
A side-by-side position
Contrast
(uncountable) The degree of this difference.
The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart.
Contrast
(countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
Contrast
(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
Israel is a country of many contrasts.
Contrast
(countable) Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
Contrast
Antithesis.
Contrast
(transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.
Contrast
(intransitive) To form a contrast.
Foreground and background strongly contrast.
Contrast
To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.
The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars.
Contrast
To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past.
Contrast
To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object.
The figures of the groups must not be all on side . . . but must contrast each other by their several position.
Contrast
The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities.
Place the prospect of the soulIn sober contrast with reality.
Contrast
Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp. as shown by juxtaposition or comparison.
The contrasts and resemblances of the seasons.
Contrast
The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's peculiarities.
Contrast
The opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared;
In contrast to
By contrast
Contrast
The act of distinguishing by comparing differences
Contrast
A conceptual separation or demarcation;
There is a narrow line between sanity and insanity
Contrast
The perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
Contrast
The range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
Contrast
Put in opposition to show or emphasize differences;
The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student
Contrast
To show differences when compared; be different;
The students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities
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