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contrasting

adj

Etymology

From contrast + -ing.

  1. derived from contrā
  2. derived from contrastare
  3. borrowed from contraster
  4. suffixed as contrasting — “contrast + ing”

Definitions

  1. Set in opposition

    Set in opposition; markedly different.

    • George W. Bush and John Kerry had contrasting debating styles.

  2. present participle and gerund of contrast

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at contrasting. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at contrasting. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at contrasting

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA