comparison

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.

2. 2noun

   The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them.

3. 3noun

   That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.

4. 4noun

   The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison.

5. 5noun

   A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel.

6. 6noun

   The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.

7. 7transitive verb

   To compare.

8. 8noun

   the act of examining resemblances

   "they made a comparison of noise levels"

   "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator"

   Synonyms

   comparing
9. 9noun

   qualities that are comparable

   "no comparison between the two books"

   "beyond compare"

   Synonyms

   comparabilitycompareequivalence
10. 10noun

    relation based on similarities and differences