Both Uses
contrast
in
Pudd'nhead Wilson
(Edited)
- She gathered up her baby once more; but when her eye fell upon its miserably short little gray tow-linen shirt and noted the contrast between its pauper shabbiness and her own volcanic eruption of infernal splendors, her mother-heart was touched, and she was ashamed.†
Chpt 3 *contrast = notable difference
- Yet her feeling was moderate indeed when contrasted with Rowena's.†
Chpt 6 *contrasted = pointed to differences between; or compared to show differences
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
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)