Difference between Contrary and Reverse

What is the difference between Contrary and Reverse?

Contrary as an adjective is opposed in nature while Reverse as an adjective is having the order of its constituents moved backwards in time or space.

Contrary

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: opposed in nature strongly dissimilar

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Contrarily

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The opposite. One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true.

Example sentence: The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.

Reverse

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having the order of its constituents moved backwards in time or space.Causing movement in the opposite direction.to be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The opposite of front.The opposite of forward.The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.To turn something inside out or upside down.To transpose the positions of two things.To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction.To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.To place a set of points in the reverse positionto move from the normal position to the reverse position

Example sentence: The world is like a reverse casino. In a casino, if you gamble long enough, you're certainly going to lose. But in the real world, where the only thing you're gambling is, say, your time or your embarrassment, then the more stuff you do, the more you give luck a chance to find you.

We hope you now know whether to use Contrary or Reverse in your sentence.

Also read

Popular Articles