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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine in contrast |
| Synonyms: | analyze, approach, balance, bracket, collate, confront, consider, contemplate, contrast, correlate, divide, equal, examine, hang, hold a candle to, inspect, juxtapose, match, match up, measure, observe, oppose, parallel, place in juxtaposition, ponder, rival, scan, scrutinize, segregate, separate, set against, set side by side, size up, stack up against, study, touch, weigh, weigh against another |
| Notes: | compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences |
| Main Entry: | contrast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare, differ |
| Synonyms: | balance, be a foil to, be contrary to, be dissimilar, be diverse, be unlike, be variable, bracket, collate, conflict, contradict, depart, deviate, differentiate, disagree, distinguish, diverge, hang, hold a candle to, match up, mismatch, oppose, separate, set in opposition, set off, stack up against, stand out, vary, weigh |
| Notes: | compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences |
| Antonyms: | accord, agree, be alike, be equal, be similar, coincide, concur, conform |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare with; correspond to |
| Synonyms: | amount, approach, be a match for, be in the same league, be on a par, come near, come to, come up to, equal, hold a candle to, match, measure up, meet, parallel, partake of, rival, tie, verge on |
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| Main Entry: | contrast |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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adverse, antagonistic, antipodean, antithalian, antithetical, apotropaic, as opposite as black and white, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as the poles, at cross purposes, bottom upwards, conflicting, contraconscientious, contradictory, contranitent, contrapletal, contrariant, contrarious, contrary, contrasted, contrasty, contre-coeur, converse, counter, counteracting, countervailing, dead against, diametrically opposite, differing, hostile, hyperion to a satyr, inconsistent, inside out, inverse, inverted, just the other way, keel upwards, negative, no such thing, not to be thought of, obverted, on one's head, opposed, opposing, opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse, reactionary, recalcitrant, repercussive, retroactive, retrorse, reverse, reverting, revulsive, rovescio, supine, topheavy, topsy-turvy, upside down, withershins, wrong side out, wrong side up
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| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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attingent, close to, contactual, conterminous, contiguous, end to end, hand to hand, haptic, in contact, intractible, itching, lambent, libant, osculatory, palpable, pertingent, tactile, tactual, tangential, tangible, touching, with no interval
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| Concept: | [Sensation of pressure] Touch. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; touch |
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touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble; twiddle, tweedle; pass the fingers over, run the fingers over; manipulate, wield; throw out a feeler.
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