different between contrasted vs contradictory

English

Etymology

From contrast +? -ed.

Pronunciation

Verb

contrasted

1. simple past tense and past participle of contrast

Adjective

contrasted (comparative more contrasted, superlative most contrasted)

1. Set in contrast (of two or more things).
2. Displaying or marked by contrast; contrasty.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 272:

     Brittany was one of France's most heavily contrasted regions.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin contradictorius, from Latin contradico.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?nt???d?kt(?)?i/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?k?nt???d?kt??i/
• Hyphenation: con?tra?dic?to?ry

Adjective

contradictory (comparative more contradictory, superlative most contradictory)

1. That contradicts something, such as an argument.
2. That is itself a contradiction.
3. That is diametrically opposed to something.
4. Mutually exclusive.
5. Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.

Synonyms

• opposite
• (mutually exclusive) incompatible

Derived terms

• contradictorily
• contradictoriness
• self-contradictory

Related terms

• contradict
• contradiction
• contradictorious

Translations

Noun

contradictory (plural contradictories)

1. (logic) Either of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.

Hyponyms

• negation

Translations

See also

• oxymoron
• paradox