comparison
Meaning of comparison
noun
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- (grammar) The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees, as in hot, hotter, hottest.
- That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
- A simile.
- 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:
Meaning compare:
compare, equivalence, comparability
Translation of comparison
- Spanish: comparación
- French: comparaison
- Italian: paragone, confronto
- Portuguese: comparação
- German: Vergleich
Words that rhyme with comparison
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