How to Spell contrast
contrast
contrast - verb
- To set off in contrast : compare or appraise in respect to differences
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"Contrast European and American manners."
Etymology
Borrowed from French contraster "to be in opposition (of elements of a work of art)," re-formation (after Italian contrastare "to oppose, set against, be in opposition [of elements of a work of art]") of Middle French contrester "to resist, oppose, struggle against," going back to Old French, going back to Vulgar Latin *contrāstāre "to oppose," from Latin contrā "opposite, facing, against" + stāre "to stand"
Word family
contrasting, contrasted
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