juxtapose
C1CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
FormalRegister
General verb
To place two or more things side by side, especially to invite comparison or contrast.
The exhibition juxtaposes medieval icons with contemporary street art to striking effect.
Business verb
To place two things side by side so that their similarities or differences become apparent.
The slide juxtaposed the two competitors' cost structures to expose where the client's inefficiency lay.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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