contrastive

adjective

con·tras·tive | \ kən-ˈtra-stiv,

ˈkän-ˌtra-

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Definition of contrastive

: forming or consisting of a contrast

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While climbing a Martian mountain, NASA's Curiosity rover has come across a crater capable of creating contrastive chemical environments. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Findings in Crater Good Sign for Habitability on Mars," 14 Dec. 2016 The group with contrastive analysis not only discovered something about English. — The Economist, "JohnsonThe importance of proper and improper English," 2 Nov. 2017

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