[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of:Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.Synonyms: oppose , distinguish , discriminate , differentiate"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to show striking difference when compared with or viewed alongside something else:Youth leadership on the issue contrasts with government inaction.The blue of the wood trim contrasts nicely with the pale yellow walls.", "Linguistics.to differ in a way that can serve to distinguish meanings:The sounds (p) and (b) contrast in the words “pin” and “bin.”"]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a striking difference:The study revealed interesting contrasts between people who regularly read books and those who don't.", "a person or thing that is strikingly different in comparison:The weather down here is a welcome contrast to what we're having back home.", "opposition or juxtaposition of different formal elements in a work of art, music, or literature to intensify each element's properties and make the work more dynamically expressive:The artist makes effective use of color contrast in the illustrations.There’s a stark contrast of tempo in the sonata’s two movements.", "the act of comparing people or things so as to draw attention to striking differences between them:Each essay topic involves the contrast of two of the novels studied in the course.", "Photography.the relative difference between light and dark areas of a print, digital photograph, or negative.", "the brightness ratio of the lightest to the darkest part of the screen image on a television, computer, or other electronic device.", "Linguistics.a difference between linguistic elements, especially sounds, that can serve to distinguish meanings."]}]