contrasting Definition

contrast
noun

1. Difference or dissimilarity between things or people that are being compared.

Thesaurus: divergence, incompatibility, disparity, variation, distinction, heterogeneity, diversity; Antonym: agreement, uniformity.
2. A person or thing that is strikingly different from another.

Thesaurus: antithesis, reverse, converse, inverse.
3. The degree of difference in tone between the colours, or the light and dark parts, of a photograph or television picture.

verb contrasted, contrasting

1. To compare so as to reveal differences.

Thesaurus: compare, differentiate, distinguish, distinguish between, discriminate between.
2. To show the difference.

Thesaurus: differ, vary, set off, diverge, mismatch, oppose.
Form: contrast with something (often)

Derivative: contrastive
adj

Idiom: in contrast to something (in contrast with something, in contrast with someone)

As an opposite to them or something distinct from them.

Etymology: 17c: from Latin contra- against + stare to stand.