comparing
Meaning of comparing
verb
- To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.
- To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.
- (grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
We compare "good" as "good", "better", "best".
- To be similar (often used in the negative).
A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare.
- To get; to obtain.
Information about comparing
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of comparing
com-par-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- comparing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
comparing synonyms
Meaning comparison:
Words that rhyme with comparing
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