They are very close, speaking generally. Both words mean on the other side of an argument or proposition. It's just the way that they are used in a sentence that makes them different. The boy was very contradictory when they told him most cars driven are toyotas. They said, rarely do you see anything else on the road! He said "On the contrary. I spotted at least 500 SUVs that were not toyotas just this morning."
Some synonyms for contradictory include: inconsistent, conflicting, opposed, opposite, contrary, incompatible, paradoxical
assorted , contradictory , contrary , contrasted , contrasting
Of persons: froward [sic], contrary, oppositional. Of ideas: contrary, opposed, opposite, antithetical
opposite, opposed - dissident - reverse - contradictory - antagonistic.
it means continuative or contradictory or contrary its one of them
Contrary concepts are those that are opposite but still allow for some degree of overlap or similarity, while contradictory concepts are those that cannot coexist or be true at the same time. Contrary concepts might be like hot and cold, where there are varying degrees of temperature, while contradictory concepts would be like alive and dead, where something cannot be both simultaneously.
"Au contraire" in French means "on the contrary" in English. It is used to introduce an opposing or contradictory idea or statement in a conversation.
I mentioned my idea, although it was quite contrary to the subject.Contray to popular belief, the poor might be happier than the rich.contrary to what people think I do go to church regularly
Contradictory connectives are words that connective two differing opinions in a sentence. However, nevertheless, despite, contrary to, on the contrary For example, Despite feeding the Lions plenty of meat in the zoo, they have lost the ability to hunt in the wild. I really like chocolate however I am allergic to milk.
Synonyms : different, differing, deviating , conflicting, opposing, opposite , contrary, contradictory
contrary, contradictory, diametric, counter, adverse,obverse, contrasted.
Contrary means opposite. If used to describe someone, it means that they are difficult or contradictory. A contrary person would want things done opposite to how you might want them done.