English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "kontras" as 'n selfstandige naamwoord is: die toestand van opvallend anders wees as iets anders, tipies iets in jukstaposisie of noue assosiasie.As 'n werkwoord beteken "kontrasteer" om op so 'n manier te vergelyk dat verskille beklemtoon word.Voorbeelde:Daar is 'n skerp kontras tussen die twee skilderye wat kleur en komposisie betref. Die heldergeel blomme op die voorgrond van die foto kontrasteer skerp met die donker onweerswolke in die agtergrond.Die skrywer het die hoofkarakter se jeugdige idealisme gekontrasteer met die sinisme van die ouer karakters.

Sentence Examples

  1. The guards who followed the young woman presented a violent contrast to her, armed as they were with naked sabres hung at their waists, and long damascened pistols, and bearing a corpse on a palanquin.
  2. The harshness of age lined his face, the dynamism of youth long since lost, ruddy wine-reddened cheeks heightened by the contrast with the grey shroud of once-brown hair.
  3. Immaculately dressed as usual, he was in stark contrast to Jack who sported soiled knees and a crown of hay sprigs.
  4. Jack, dressed in fustian and old leather knew he made a stark contrast to the man now sitting next to him.
  5. His blood-red mane was pulled into a ponytail by a leather cord, showing his angelic face in sharper contrast.
  6. Finely dressed now, Jack looked much like Richard, apart from the stark contrast between black cloth and blond hair.
  7. The room, with its low ceiling and haphazard arrangement of benches and tables, was warm and friendly the contrast with the inhospitable evening outside was stark.
  8. In contrast to the glittering entrance hall, the first floor had the appearance of a modern office divided into booths with separate rooms for senior staff.
  9. The chaotic spinning stopped and one face came into focus, standing out in sharp contrast.
  10. As though the contrast between my inner turmoil and the stillness of the land causes some part of me to reach out for the solace it offers.