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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. of words so related that one contrasts with the other;
- Example: "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"
[syn: contrastive, incompatible]

2. strikingly different; tending to contrast;
- Example: "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
[syn: contrasting, contrastive]

3. syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence;
- Example: "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

contrastive
    adj 1: of words so related that one contrasts with the other;
           "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms" [syn:
           contrastive, incompatible]
    2: strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or
       contrastive) colors" [syn: contrasting, contrastive]
    3: syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between
       sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive
       conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a
       contrastive function"