Main entry: contrastive
Definition: syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence
Usage: disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function
Main entry: contrasting, contrastive
Definition: strikingly different; tending to contrast
Usage: contrasting (or contrastive) colors
Main entry: contrastive, incompatible
Definition: of words so related that one contrasts with the other
Usage: `rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms