English-Spanish translations for contrast

• contraste
  por escrito. - (PL) La India es un país de contrastes. India is a country of contrasts.
  El contraste fue desgarrador, y lo dice todo. The contrast was harrowing and spoke volumes.
  ¡Menudo contraste entre ellos y su colega! What a contrast between them and their colleague.
• contrastar
  Esto no significa que el enfoque nacional, que probablemente será el que adopte Hungría, no pueda estar en armonía o incluso contrastar con el enfoque comunitario. This does not mean that the national approach, which is likely to be the one chosen by Hungary, cannot harmonise or even contrast with the Community approach.
  El euro ha sido una roca de estabilidad para sus miembros, como se ha puesto de manifiesto al contrastar el destino de Irlanda e Islandia. The euro has been a rock of stability for its members, as illustrated by the contrasting fortunes of Iceland and Ireland.
  Deberíamos ser lo bastante valientes como para comparar, contrastar y rebatir las políticas exteriores nacionales de los demás. We ought to be sufficiently brave to compare, to contrast and to contest each other's national foreign policies.

Definition of contrast

• A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable
• A difference between two objects, people or concepts
• Antithesis
• To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between

Examples

• The red and the orange dont have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart
• Israel is a country of many contrasts
• Foreground and background strongly contrast.

Related words

• contrastive
• contrasted
• contrasting
• contrastable
• contrastably
• contrasty
• contrast antonym
• contrast medium
• contrast agent