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Juxtaposition vs Contradiction - What's the difference?

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Contradiction is a synonym of juxtaposition.



As nouns the difference between juxtaposition and contradiction

is that juxtaposition is the nearness of objects with no delimiter while contradiction is the act of contradicting.

As a verb juxtaposition

is to place in juxtaposition.

juxtaposition

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The nearness of objects with no delimiter.
  • # (grammar) An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.
  • Example: mother father'' instead of ''mother and father
  • # (mathematics) An absence of operators in an expression.
  • Using juxtaposition for multiplication saves space when writing longer expressions. a \times b \! collapses to ab\!.
  • #* 2007 , Lawrence Moss and Hans-Jörg Tiede, Applications of Modal Logic in Linguistics'', in: P. Blackburn et al (eds), ''Handbook of Modal Logic , Elsevier, p. 1054
  • A fundamental operation on strings is string concatenation which we will denote by juxtaposition .
  • The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
    • There was a poignant juxtaposition between the boys laughing in the street and the girl crying on the balcony above.
  • # (arts) Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.
  • The juxtaposition of the bright yellows on the dark background made the painting appear three dimensional.
  • # (rhetoric) The close placement of two ideas to imply a link that may not exist.
  • Example: In 1965 the government was elected; in 1965 the economy took a dive.

    • Related terms

    * juxtapose * juxtaposed

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place in juxtaposition.

    • References

    * DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465. Music. ----

    contradiction

    English

    (wikipedia contradiction)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of contradicting.
    • His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
  • (countable) A statement that contradicts itself.
    • There is a contradiction in what you say - she can't be both married and single.
  • (countable) a logical incompatibility among two or more elements or propositions
    • Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.
  • (logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.

    • Synonyms

    * (proposition that is false for all values of its variables)

    Antonyms

    * (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) tautology

    Coordinate terms

    * (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) contingency, tautology

    Related terms

    * contradict * contradictory