contrary vs gray

contrary

adj
  • Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent. 

  • Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse. 

  • Given to opposition; perverse; wayward. 

adv
  • Contrarily 

noun
  • One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false. 

  • The opposite. 

gray

adj
  • Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality. 

  • Gray-haired. 

  • Old. 

  • Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember. 

  • Relating to older people. 

  • Dreary, gloomy. 

verb
  • To cause to become gray. 

  • To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region) 

  • To become gray. 

  • To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate. 

noun
  • An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon. 

  • an extraterrestrial humanoid with grayish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head. 

  • An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white. 

  • A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating. 

  • In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. Symbol: Gy 

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