All 4 Uses of
contrast
in
Sense and Sensibility
- His pleasure in music, though it amounted not to that ecstatic delight which alone could sympathize with her own, was estimable when contrasted against the horrible insensibility of the others; and she was reasonable enough to allow that a man of five and thirty might well have outlived all acuteness of feeling and every exquisite power of enjoyment.†
Chpt 7 *contrasted = pointed to differences between; or compared to show differences
- In books too, as well as in music, she courted the misery which a contrast between the past and present was certain of giving.†
Chpt 16 *contrast = notable difference
- It was a contrast which recommended him most forcibly to her mother.†
Chpt 3
- She began almost to feel a dislike of Edward; and it ended, as every feeling must end with her, by carrying back her thoughts to Willoughby, whose manners formed a contrast sufficiently striking to those of his brother elect.†
Chpt 16
Definitions:
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(1)
(contrast as in: contrast their writing styles) point to differences between; or compare to show differences
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(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
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(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