juxtapose
Set side-by-side
To juxtapose is to place things side by side, usually to highlight contrast or comparison: The exhibit juxtaposes Renaissance paintings with contemporary street art.
The word carries a sense of deliberate arrangement—you juxtapose things to make a point about their similarities or differences.
The film juxtaposes wealth and poverty in striking ways.
Assembled mixed-media artwork
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- assemblageCollected group of things
- diptychHinged two-part artwork
- triptychArt in three panels
installation · tableau · composite · bricolage · pastiche · multimedia · mixed-media · photomontage
Assess relative likeness
- contrastNotable difference between things
- opposeAct against something
- differentiateIdentify differences between things
- distinguishRecognize as distinct
counterpoint · antithesis · dichotomy · polarity · tension · disparity · divergence · incongruity
Position or location
configure · pair · couple · situate · locate · order · array · dispose
Assess relative likeness
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- analogyExplanatory likeness between things
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- simileComparison via "as"
allusion · symbolism · motif · foil · counterpoint · antithesis · oxymoron · chiasmus
Chinese duality symbol
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- twofoldConsisting of two parts
- complementaryMutually supplying lacks
- oppositeReverse or contrary thing
paired · mirrored · counterpart · reciprocal · symmetrical · coexistent · interplay · tension
collage
Assembled mixed-media artwork
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- assemblageCollected group of things
- diptychHinged two-part artwork
triptych · installation · tableau · composite · bricolage · pastiche · multimedia · mixed-media · photomontage · superimposition
compare
Assess relative likeness
- contrastNotable difference between things
- opposeAct against something
- differentiateIdentify differences between things
distinguish · counterpoint · antithesis · dichotomy · polarity · tension · disparity · divergence · incongruity · dissonance
place
Position or location
arrange · configure · pair · couple · situate · locate · order · array · dispose · range
compare
Assess relative likeness
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- analogyExplanatory likeness between things
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
simile · allusion · symbolism · motif · foil · counterpoint · antithesis · oxymoron · chiasmus · apposition
yin-yang
Chinese duality symbol
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- twofoldConsisting of two parts
- complementaryMutually supplying lacks
opposite · paired · mirrored · counterpart · reciprocal · symmetrical · coexistent · interplay · tension · balance
- SAT vocabularyaesthetic, ambiguous, benevolent, candid, concise
- comparison verbscompare, contrast, differentiate, distinguish, liken
- writing verbsnarrate, describe, recount, chronicle, transcribe
juxtaposition, juxtaposed, juxtaposing, juxtaposes, juxtapositions