contrast

noun

Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹɑːst/ / /kənˈtɹast/ / /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/

Etymology: From French contraster, from Latin contrāstāre (“to resist", "to withstand”), from contrā (“against”) + stō, stāre (“to stand”).

A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
“The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart.”
A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
“Ohh, you can't fool me. This thing's top of the line! It's got two contrast knobs!”
A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
“Israel is a country of many contrasts.”
“The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.”
Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
“Why this denunciation of idolatry at this point? And why are Shabbat and the sanctuary mentioned as contrasts to idol worship?”
Antithesis.
Contrast medium

Etymology: From French contraster, from Latin contrāstāre (“to resist", "to withstand”), from contrā (“against”) + stō, stāre (“to stand”).

To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between; to counterpoint.
To form a contrast.
“Foreground and background strongly contrast.”
“The color of her dress contrasts very nicely with the black scarf around her neck.”