comparison

Meaning of comparison

noun
  1. The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
    to bring a thing into comparison with another;  there is no comparison between them
  2. An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each-other.
    He made a careful comparison of the available products before buying anything.
  3. With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
    There really is no comparison between the performance of today's computers and those of a decade ago.
  4. (grammar) The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees, as in hot, hotter, hottest.
  5. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
  6. A simile.
  7. The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.

Information about comparison

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of comparison is: comparisons.
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Hyphenation of comparison

com-par-i-son

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
  • comparison is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

comparison synonyms

Meaning comparing:

comparing

Meaning compare:

compare, equivalence, comparability

Translation of comparison

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