accompaniment vs contrast

accompaniment

noun
  • A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass. 

  • That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry. 

contrast

noun
  • Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else. 

  • A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed. 

  • Antithesis. 

  • is a substance used to increase the contrast of structures or fluids within the body in medical imaging. 

  • The degree of this difference. 

  • A difference between two objects, people or concepts. 

verb
  • To form a contrast. 

  • To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between. 

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