comparison

/kษ™mหˆpรฆษนษชsษ™n/

IPA: /K AH0 M P EH1 R AH0 S AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.

    โ€œto bring a thing into comparison with another;โ€ƒ there is no comparison between themโ€

  2. 2

    An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each-other.

    โ€œHe made a careful comparison of the available products before buying anything.โ€

  3. 3

    With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.

    โ€œThere really is no comparison between the performance of today's computers and those of a decade ago.โ€

  4. 4

    (grammar) The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees, as in hot, hotter, hottest.

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

    A simile.

  7. 7

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

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comparison