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Definition of Contrasting
1. Adjective. Strikingly different; tending to contrast. "Contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
Definition of Contrasting
1. Adjective. Set in opposition to, showing the differences between. From contrast. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of contrast) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contrasting
1. contrast [v] - See also: contrast
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contrasting
Literary usage of Contrasting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Homophonic Forms of Musical Composition: An Exhaustive Treatise on the by Percy Goetschius (1898)
"Th1s might be called a Contrasting Double period, but the title " Phrase- ...
Furthermore, the Contrasting Double period may represent a Large contrasting ..."
2. Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"Results of Crossings where there is more than one Pair of Contrasting Characters.
... But however many pairs of contrasting characters the parents may show ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1893)
"(1) Disks made on the pattern of the cut at the left show beautiful contrasting
grays. The same can be shown also by laying a number of small sheets of ..."
4. A History of Modern Philosophy: A Sketch of the History of Philosophy from by Harald Høffding (1908)
"(g) Contrasting Tendencies in English Philosophy The history of English philosophy
during the seventeenth century is not exhausted in Bacon, ..."
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