All 5 Uses of
contrast
in
The Idiot
- The contrast aroused a deep sympathy in his heart as he looked at the lovely face.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- "It was to be fifty if I won the case, only five if I lost," interrupted Lebedeff, speaking in a low tone, a great contrast to his earlier manner.†
Chpt 2.2
- He spoke so seriously in addressing Lebedeff, that his tone contrasted quite comically with that of the others.†
Chpt 3.4
- There was so great a contrast between us that I am sure we must both have felt it; anyhow, I felt it acutely.†
Chpt 3.6
- I remarked to him, as I rose to depart, that, in spite of the contrast and the wide differences between us two, les extremites se touchent ('extremes meet,' as I explained to him in Russian); so that maybe he was not so far from my final conviction as appeared.
Chpt 3.6 *contrast = notable difference
Definitions:
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(contrast as in: there is a contrast) a difference -- especially a notable difference; or the side-x-side arrangement of things that draws attention to an unmissable difference
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(contrast as in: contrast their writing styles) point to differences between; or compare to show differences