Associations to the word «Contrastive»
Noun
- Comparison
- Complexity
- Aspect
- Speech
- Learning
- Implication
- Approach
- Sound
- Clause
- Japanese
- Word
- Variation
- Variant
- Feature
- Description
- Theory
- Perspective
- Element
- Category
- Example
- Characteristic
- Assessment
- Cluster
- Text
- Stop
- Environment
- Teaching
- Difficulty
- Stem
- Opposition
- Instance
- Index
- Meaning
- Stewart
- Relation
- Criticism
- Item
- Disorder
- Cross
- Phrase
- Level
- Cd
- Principle
- Study
- Term
- Transfer
- Research
- System
- Writing
- Unit
- Relationship
- Form
- Structure
- Domain
- Map
- Extent
- Doe
- Use
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
CONTRASTIVE, adjective. Contrasting
Dictionary definition
CONTRASTIVE, adjective. Of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms".
CONTRASTIVE, adjective. Strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors".
CONTRASTIVE, adjective. Syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function".
Wise words
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of
understanding; one must use the same words for the same
genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's
experiences in common.