All 16 Uses of

contrast
in
Jane Eyre

she ushered me into a room whose double illumination of fire and candle at first dazzled me, contrasting as it did with the darkness to which my eyes had been for two hours inured;
p. 113.7

contrasting = differing

Yet it was merely a very pretty drawing-room, and within it a boudoir, both spread with white carpets, on which seemed laid brilliant garlands of flowers; both ceiled with snowy mouldings of white grapes and vine-leaves, beneath which glowed in rich contrast crimson couches and ottomans;
p. 123.7

contrast = notable difference

"You live just below — do you mean at that house with the battlements?" pointing to Thornfield Hall, on which the moon cast a hoary gleam, bringing it out distinct and pale from the woods that, by contrast with the western sky, now seemed one mass of shadow.
p. 135.1

by contrast = in a comparison that shows differences

I was tormented by the contrast between my idea and my handiwork: in each case I had imagined something which I was quite powerless to realise.
p. 148.6 *

contrast = notable difference

She wore an amber-coloured flower, too, in her hair: it contrasted well with the jetty mass of her curls.
p. 185.4

contrasted = differed notably in brightness or tone

It looked a lovely face enough, and when compared with the real head in chalk, the contrast was as great as self-control could desire.
p. 187.9

contrast = difference

What was the gallant grace of the Lynns, the languid elegance of Lord Ingram, — even the military distinction of Colonel Dent, contrasted with his look of native pith and genuine power?
p. 203.4

contrasted = differed

I think (with deference be it spoken) the contrast could not be much greater between a sleek gander and a fierce falcon: between a meek sheep and the rough-coated keen-eyed dog, its guardian.
p. 221.4

contrast = difference

the trees were in their dark prime; hedge and wood, full-leaved and deeply tinted, contrasted well with the sunny hue of the cleared meadows between.
p. 286.3

contrasted = differed notably in brightness or tone

My fixed desire was to seek and find a good and intelligent woman, whom I could love: a contrast to the fury I left at Thornfield —
p. 357.8

contrast = something notably different compared (to something)

I made you talk: ere long I found you full of strange contrasts.
p. 361.5

contrasts = differences (things not normally seen together)

Till this moment, I had been so intent on watching them, their appearance and conversation had excited in me so keen an interest, I had half-forgotten my own wretched position: now it recurred to me. More desolate, more desperate than ever, it seemed from contrast.
p. 384.8

contrast = notable difference

"Only it forces rather strongly on the mind the picture of what might have been," said Mr. Rivers, "and contrasts it somewhat too vividly with what is."
p. 411.2 *

contrasts = compares (in a way that shows differences)

To his sisters, meantime, he was somewhat kinder than usual: as if afraid that mere coldness would not sufficiently convince me how completely I was banished and banned, he added the force of contrast; and this I am sure he did not by force, but on principle.
p. 474.4

contrast = notable difference

The picture you have just drawn is suggestive of a rather too overwhelming contrast.
p. 509.3

contrast = difference

Definitions:

(1) (contrast as in: contrast their writing styles)
point to differences between; or compare to show differences
(2) (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
(3) (contrast as in: sharpen the picture contrast)
the difference between tones of an image -- as in a photo or video -- such as the quality of brightness or the intensity of shades or colors