contrastive: Meaning and Definition of
con•tras•tive
Pronunciation: (kun-tras'tiv), [key]
— adj.
- tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- studying or exhibiting the congruences and differences between two languages or dialects without reference to their origins: contrastive linguistics.
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