'Comparison' definitions:
Definition of 'comparison'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: comparison, comparing]
noun
Relation based on similarities and differences
noun
Qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare" [syn: comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability]
Definition of 'Comparison'
From: GCIDE
- Comparison \Com*par"i*son\ (? or ?), n. [F. comparaison, L. comparatio. See 1st Compare.]
- 1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate. [1913 Webster]
- As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison. --Trench. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude. [1913 Webster]
- Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Gram.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Rhet.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts. [1913 Webster]
- Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness, or so as to make comparison needless.
- In comparison of, In comparison with, as compared with; in proportion to. [Archaic] "So miserably unpeopled in comparison of what it once was." --Addison.
- Comparison of hands (Law), a mode of proving or disproving the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to ascertain whether both were written by the same person. --Bouvier. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Comparison'
From: GCIDE
- Comparison \Com*par"i*son\, v. t. To compare. [Obs.] --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'comparison'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accordance,
- affinity,
- agent,
- agreement,
- alikeness,
- alliance,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- analogy,
- aping,
- approach,
- approximation,
- assimilation,
- backup,
- balance,
- balancing,
- change,
- changeling,
- closeness,
- commensurability,
- community,
- comparability,
- conformity,
- contrast,
- contrasting,
- copy,
- copying,
- correspondence,
- counterfeit,
- deputy,
- double,
- dummy,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- fake,
- fill-in,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- identity,
- imitation,
- juxtaposing,
- juxtaposition,
- kinship,
- likeness,
- likening,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- match,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mimicking,
- nearness,
- next best thing,
- parallelism,
- parity,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- proxy,
- relation,
- relationship,
- relief,
- replacement,
- representative,
- resemblance,
- reserves,
- ringer,
- sameness,
- second string,
- secondary,
- semblance,
- sign,
- similarity,
- simile,
- similitude,
- simulation,
- spares,
- stand-in,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- surrogate,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- third string,
- token,
- understudy,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- weighing