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contrast
A	noun
	1	contrast
			the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚work ╚investigation; investigating ╚examination; scrutiny ╚comparison; comparing ╚contrast
	2	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)
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚property ╚magnitude ╚extent ╚scope; range; reach; orbit; compass; ambit ╚contrast
	3	contrast
			the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚basic cognitive process ╚perception ╚visual perception; beholding; seeing ╚contrast
	4	line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast
			a conceptual separation or demarcation; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚basic cognitive process ╚discrimination; secernment ╚differentiation; distinction ╚line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast ╚Rubicon; point of no return
	5	contrast, direct contrast
			the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚opposition; oppositeness ╚contrast, direct contrast
B	verb
	1	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"
		Category Tree: determine; set ╚identify; place ╚distinguish; separate; differentiate; secern; secernate; severalize; severalise; tell; tell apart ╚contrast
	2	contrast, counterpoint
			to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"
		Category Tree: differ ╚contrast, counterpoint ╚foil ╚conflict ╚oppose; counterbalance

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