tell apart vs contrast

contrast vs tell apart

tell apart is not a noun while contrast is a noun.

tell apart and contrast both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tell apart	No	No	Yes	No
contrast	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, contrast is a hyponym of tell apart; that is, contrast is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tell apart:

tell apart: mark as different
contrast: put in opposition to show or emphasize differences

Other hyponyms of tell apart include know, discriminate, know apart, label, label, sex, individualise, individualize, have the distinction, severalise, severalize, contradistinguish, decouple, dissociate, demarcate, discriminate, separate, single out, stratify.

tell apart (noun)	contrast (noun)
	the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
	the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
	the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
	a conceptual separation or distinction
	the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared

tell apart (verb)	contrast (verb)
mark as different	put in opposition to show or emphasize differences
detect with the senses	to show differences when compared; be different

Difference between tell apart and contrast

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