Contrast, comparison. Obsolete.

A placing over against; antithesis, opposition, contrast. in contraposition to (or with).

Opposition, contraposition, n. Obsolete.

Comparison; Rhetoric a figure by which diverse or opposite things are compared.

Comparison of objects of like kind whereby the difference of their qualities or characteristics is strikingly brought out; manifest exhibition…

An opposite or reciprocal view; view from opposite sides or in opposite directions; position of two persons or things fronting each other, or…

The action of contrasting.