HyperDic: contradistinguish

English > 1 sense of the word contradistinguish:
VERBcognitioncontradistinguishdistinguish by contrasting qualities
English > contradistinguish: 1 sense > verb 1, cognition
Meaningdistinguish by contrasting qualities.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Broaderdistinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apartmark as different
Nounscontradistinctiona distinction drawn on the basis of contrast

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