A contrast between X and Y There was a stark contrast between the two teams.
In contrast to somebody/something In contrast to the UK, Germany had the highest number of medals in
2010.
53% of the population in Korea was 50+ years old, in contrast to 23%
of the teenage population.
On the other hand Brazil had a slight reduction in the production of energy. On the other
hand, the figure for Russia went up drastically.
However Korea had an enormous rise in the number of post-graduate students;
however, Japan experienced a slight reduction of 5% in this regard.
While/whereas The figure rose to 43% in 2005 while it went down noticeably to 32%
two years later.
At the beginning of the period, the trend had fluctuations, whereas it
stabilized later on.
Unlike Unlike the trend for Brazil, the trend for Portugal had an unexpected
fall.