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contrastive

adj. syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"

contrasting

adj. strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"

incompatible

adj. of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"

adversative, oppositive

adj. expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'"

alternative, mutually exclusive

adj. necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "`either' and `or' in `either this or that'"

dividing, divisional

adj. serving to divide or marking a division; "the divisional line between two states"

partitive, separative

adj. serving to separate or divide into parts; "partitive tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative"

separative

adj. used of an accent in Hebrew orthography; indicates that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it

allo

adj. (prefix) indicating difference or variation: "allomorph"; "allophone"

opposite, antithetic, antithetical

adj. sharply contrasted in character or purpose; "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair"

various, assorted

adj. of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior"

contrary, converse

adj. very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion"

differentiable

adj. capable of being perceived as different; "differentiable species"

divergent, differing

adj. diverging from another or from a standard; "a divergent opinion"

disparate

adj. fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas"

various, diverse

adj. distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"

diverse, divers

adj. many and different; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents"

opposite, polar, diametric, diametrical

adj. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"

variant

adj. differing from a norm or standard; "a variant spelling"

complementary

adj. of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms"

contradictory

adj. of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false; "`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms"

contrary

adj. of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms"

converse

adj. of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms"

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