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comparison
- /kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən/ UK
- /kəmˈpɛɹ.ɪ.sən/
- /kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən/ US
- /kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.ʃən/
- /kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən/ Australia
- /kəmˈpɛɹ.ə.sən/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English comparisoun, borrowed from Old French comparison, a learned borrowing from Latin comparātiōnem.
noun comparisons
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The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
to bring a thing into comparison with another
Similar: parallel
- 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.
- A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe. In English, adjectives and adverbs have three forms when making a comparison: the plain form "hot", the comparative form "hotter", and the superlative form "hottest".
- That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude. Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it?
- A simile.
- The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: compare, comparability, equivalence, comparing, comparer, comparative, intercomparison, comparable, comparatively, relative, matching, similarity, analogy, equation, collation, relatively
Translations
Every language
noun act of comparing or the state of being compared
| Español | comparación, comparanza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 비교 bigyo |
| 日本語 | 比較 hikaku |
| 中文 | 比較 /比较 bǐjiào, bǐjiǎo |
| हिन्दी | तुलना tulnā |
| Português | comparação |
| Français | comparaison |
| Deutsch | Vergleich, Komparation, Vergleichen, Vergleichung |
| Italiano | paragone, confronto, comparazione |
| Ελληνικά | σύγκριση sýgkrisi |
| Română | comparație |
| Русский | сравне́ние sravnénije, сра́внивание srávnivanije |
| Tiếng Việt | sự so sánh |
| العربية | مُقَارَنَة muqārana, مُقَابَلَة muqābala, تَشْبِيه tašbīh, مُقَايَسَة muqāyasa |
| עברית | השוואה \ הַשְׁוָאָה hashva'á |
noun evaluation of the similarities and differences of two (or more) things
| Español | comparación, comparanza |
|---|---|
| Português | comparação |
| Français | comparaison |
| Deutsch | Vergleich, Abgleich, Gegenüberstellung |
| Italiano | comparazione |
| Ελληνικά | σύγκριση sýgkrisi |
| Русский | сравне́ние sravnénije |
| עברית | השוואה \ הַשְׁוָאָה hashva'á |
noun state of being similar or alike
| Español | comparación, semejanza, parangón, paragón |
|---|---|
| Português | comparação |
| Français | comparaison |
| Deutsch | Abgleich, Vergleichbarkeit |
| Русский | схо́дство sxódstvo |
| עברית | השוואה \ הַשְׁוָאָה hashva'á |
noun ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees
| Português | comparação |
|---|---|
| Français | degrés de comparaison |
| Deutsch | Komparation, Steigerung |
| Русский | сте́пени сравне́ния stépeni sravnénija |
Talk about this word "comparison." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/comparison. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. comparison. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/comparison "comparison." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/comparison.Cite this
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title = {comparison},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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