contrastive

• Relatif à la différence entre deux ou plusieurs choses ou la montrant ; souvent utilisé en linguistique pour décrire des éléments qui sont comparés afin de mettre en évidence des différences.

Relating to or showing a difference between two or more things, often used in linguistics to describe elements that are compared to highlight differences.

1. Contrasting in meaningC1formal

   Describes words that are related in such a way that one is the opposite or contrast of the other.

   contrastif (sens contrastif)

   • 'Hot' and 'cold' are contrastive terms.
   • The linguist analyzed contrastive pairs in the language.
   • Synonyms are not contrastive; antonyms are.

   Synonymesantonymouscontraryopposite

2. Strikingly differentC1formalart

   Marked by a clear and noticeable difference; tending to stand out in opposition.

   contrasté, qui fait contraste

   • The contrastive colors of the painting made it very dynamic.
   • Her calm demeanor was contrastive to his anxious energy.
   • The two architectural styles are highly contrastive.

   Synonymesantitheticalcontrastingdifferentdissimilardistinctdivergentopposed

   Antonymesalikeconsistentidenticalsimilaruniform

3. Syntactic relationC2formal

   Pertaining to a grammatical structure that establishes a relationship of contrast between sentences or parts of a sentence.

   Contrastif (relation syntaxique)

   • The conjunction 'but' is often used in a contrastive clause.
   • In contrastive analysis, linguists compare sentence structures.
   • This particle marks a contrastive topic in the discourse.

   Synonymesadversativeoppositive