contrastive

Words with a similar base: contrastive

'contrastive'

[contrastive.s.01] as in: of words so related that one contrasts with the other

Examples:
`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms

'contrastive'

[contrasting.s.01] as in: strikingly different; tending to contrast

Examples:
contrasting (or contrastive) colors

'contrastive'

[contrastive.s.03] as in: syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence

Examples:
disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function

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					contrastive (English)
├── -ive (English)
│   └── -if (Anglo-Norman)
│       └── -ivus (Latin)
└── contrast (English)
    └── contraster (French)
        └── contrastare (Italian)
            ├── contra- (Italian)
            └── stare (Italian)
                └── stare (Latin)

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