different between reverse vs contrasting
reverse
English
Etymology
From Middle English revers (noun, adjective}, reversen (verb), from Anglo-Norman revers (noun, adjective), reverser (verb), Middle French revers (noun, adjective), reverser (verb), and their source, Latin reversus (perfect passive participle), revers? (verb), from re- + vers?. Doublet of revers.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???v??s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
Adjective
reverse (not comparable)
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction. [from 14th c.]
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction. [from 19th c.]
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- He found the sea diverse / With many a windy storm reverse.
- (botany) Reversed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
Antonyms
- (rail transport): normal
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
reverse (not comparable)
- (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down. [from 16thc. (from the 14thc. in Middle English)]
- 1963, Donal Serrell Thomas, Points of Contact:
- The man was killed to feed his image fat / Within this pictured world that ran reverse, / Where miracles alone were ever plain.
- 1963, Donal Serrell Thomas, Points of Contact:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:vice versa or Thesaurus:upside down
Noun
reverse (plural reverses)
- The opposite of something. [from 14th c.]
- The act of going backwards; a reversal. [from 15th c.]
- 1808, Charles Lamb, Specimens of the English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare
- By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich.
- 1808, Charles Lamb, Specimens of the English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare
- A piece of misfortune; a setback. [from 16th c.]
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 309:
- In fact, though the Russians did not yet know it, the British had met with a reverse.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 309:
- The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse. [from 17th c.]
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side. [from 18th c.]
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. [from 19th c.]
- Synonym: reverse gear
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
reverse (third-person singular simple present reverses, present participle reversing, simple past and past participle reversed)
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- to reverse the order of books on a shelf
- to reverse a portion of video footage
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- 1672, William Temple, Essay on the Original and Nature of Government
- A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill.
- 1672, William Temple, Essay on the Original and Nature of Government
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
- Bene they all dead, and laide in dolefull herse? / Or doen they onely sleepe, and shall againe reuerse?
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
- (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
- (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree
- (ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (rail transport, transitive) To place a set of points in the reverse position
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, Conformity to the World destructive of our Happiness
- Custom […] reverses even the distinctions of good and evil.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, Conformity to the World destructive of our Happiness
- (computing) Short for reverse-engineer.
- 2011, Eldad Eilam, Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering
- Reversing is also heavily used in connection with malicious software, on both ends of the fence: […]
- 2012, Christopher C. Elisan, Malware, Rootkits & Botnets: A Beginner's Guide (page 117)
- […] but in some instances where malware is proving to be difficult, reversing is needed.
- 2011, Eldad Eilam, Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering
Antonyms
- (to turn something in the opposite direction): unreverse
- (rail transport): normalise / normalize (transitive and intransitive)
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Reserve, Reveres, reserve, reveres, severer, veerers
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.v??s/
Verb
reverse
- first-person singular present indicative of reverser
- third-person singular present indicative of reverser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of reverser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of reverser
- second-person singular imperative of reverser
Anagrams
- réserve, réservé
Latin
Participle
reverse
- vocative masculine singular of reversus
References
- reverse in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [re?verse]
Verb
reverse
- third-person singular present subjunctive of rev?rsa
- third-person plural present subjunctive of rev?rsa
Spanish
Verb
reverse
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reversar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of reversar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of reversar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reversar.
reverse From the web:
- what reverses heparin
- what reverses benzodiazepines
- what reverses warfarin
- what reversed plessy v ferguson
- what reverses coumadin
- what reversed the dawes act
- what reverses eliquis
- what reverses lung damage
contrasting
English
Etymology
From contrast +? -ing.
Adjective
contrasting (comparative more contrasting, superlative most contrasting)
- Set in opposition; markedly different.
- George W. Bush and John Kerry had contrasting debating styles.
Antonyms
- identical
Translations
Verb
contrasting
- present participle of contrast
contrasting From the web:
- what contrasting ideas dominate this chapter
- what contrasting mean
- what contrasting imagery does trumbull
- what contrasting tones is the author conveying
- what contrasting colour goes with grey
- what does the word contrasting mean
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