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difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities. The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars. Lyell.

the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants. -- n. (Med.)

which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with European plan.

le between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aërocurve) and the line of motion; -- contrasted with angle of trail, which is the angle between the tangent to the following edge and the line of motion.

An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, "The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself." "He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen."

An antithetic or contrasted statement. Bacon.

esis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.

eory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics. J. Grote.

deavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort. By his blindness maimed for high attempts. Milton. Attempt to commit a crime (Law), such an intentional preparatory act as will apparently result, if not extrinsically hindered, in a crime whi…

en in place; -- said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance.

Passing through all its stages on one host, as certain parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with heterocious.

Taylor. Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast.

Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical. It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary…

Property; -- often used by Chaucer in contrast with rent, or income. "For loss of catel may recovered be, But loss of tyme shendeth us," quod he. Chaucer.

One of the court party in the time of king Charles L. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament. Clarendon.

tension. Cointension . . . is chosen indicate the equality of relations in respect of the contrast between their terms. H. Spencer.

The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts. Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness, or so as to make comparison needless. -- In comparison of, In comparison with, as compared with; in proportion to. [Archaic] "So miserably unpeopled in comparison of…

Agreement; accordance. Contrasts, and yet concordances. Carlyle.

To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.

Distinction by contrast. That there are such things as sins of infirmity in contradistinction to those of presumption is not to be questioned. South.