All 5 Uses of
contrast
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- The road in which we found ourselves as we turned round the corner from the retired Saxe-Coburg Square presented as great a contrast to it as the front of a picture does to the back.
Chpt 2contrast = something notably different
- Its splendour was in such contrast to his homely ways and simple life that I could not help commenting upon it.
Chpt 3contrast = notable difference
- ... and a pair of very penetrating dark eyes, which present a singular contrast to the colour of his hair,
Chpt 6
- To me at least there was a strange contrast between the sweet promise of the spring and this sinister quest upon which we were engaged.
Chpt 8 *contrast = difference
- Yet his actions were in absurd contrast to the dignity of his dress and features, for he was running hard, with occasional little springs, such as a weary man gives who is little accustomed to set any tax upon his legs.
Chpt 11contrast = notable difference
Definition:
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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