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direct contrast

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Noun1.direct contrastdirect contrast - the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast"
contrast
oppositeness, opposition - the relation between opposed entities


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The King's party, however, had no suspicion that an attack was imminent, and, in direct contrast to the methods of the baronial troops, had spent the preceding night in drunken revelry, so that they were quite taken by surprise.
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