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English Dictionary: contrasting	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
contrasting adj strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors" Synonym(s): contrasting, contrastive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contrast \Con*trast"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Contrasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contrasting}.] [F. contraster, LL. contrastare to resist, withstand, fr. L. contra + stare to stand. See {Stand}.] 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. --Lyell.