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What (who) is Comparison - definition

EXAMINATION OF TWO OR MORE ENTITIES TO DEDUCE THEIR SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES

Compare; Comparision; Comparative study; Comparing; Comparisons

comparison

¦ noun

1. an act of comparing.

the quality of being similar or equivalent.

2. Grammar the formation of the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs.

Phrases

beyond comparison another way of saying beyond compare (see compare).

Origin

ME: from OFr. comparesoun, from L. comparatio(n-), from comparare (see compare).

comparison

n.

1) to draw, make a comparison

2) to hold up under comparison

3) to defy comparison

4) a favorable; unfavorable comparison

5) a comparison between; to, with (there is no comparison between them; she made a comparison of our literature to theirs; I would like to draw a comparison of recent events with those of the 1930s)

6) beyond comparison

7) by comparison (her works suffer by comparison)

8) in comparison with USAGE NOTE: Note that there can be a difference in meaning between a comparison of New York to a beehive and a comparison of New York with/and London. see the Usage Note for compareII. The preposition between can be used in both meanings -- a comparison between New York and a beehive and a comparison between New York and London.

comparison

(comparisons)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and discover the differences between them.

...a comparison of the British and German economies...

Its recommendations are based on detailed comparisons between the public and private sectors...

There are no previous statistics for comparison.

N-VAR: oft N of/between pl-n

2.

When you make a comparison, you say that one thing is like another in some way.

It is demonstrably an unfair comparison...

The comparison of her life to a sea voyage simplifies her experience.

N-COUNT

3.

If you say, for example, that something is large or small in comparison with, in comparison to, or by comparison with something else, you mean that it is larger or smaller than the other thing.

The amount of carbon dioxide released by human activities such as burning coal and oil is small in comparison...

Those places are modern by comparison with Tresillian.

PHRASE: oft PHR with/to n

4.

If you say there is no comparison between one thing and another, you mean that you think the first thing is much better than the second, or very different from it.

There is no comparison between the knowledge and skill of such a player and the ordinary casual participant.

PHRASE: oft PHR between pl-n [emphasis]

Wikipedia

Comparison

Comparison or comparing is the act of evaluating two or more things by determining the relevant, comparable characteristics of each thing, and then determining which characteristics of each are similar to the other, which are different, and to what degree. Where characteristics are different, the differences may then be evaluated to determine which thing is best suited for a particular purpose. The description of similarities and differences found between the two things is also called a comparison. Comparison can take many distinct forms, varying by field:

To compare is to bring two or more things together (physically or in contemplation) and to examine them systematically, identifying similarities and differences among them. Comparison has a different meaning within each framework of study. Any exploration of the similarities or differences of two or more units is a comparison. In the most limited sense, it consists of comparing two units isolated from each other.

To compare things, they must have characteristics that are similar enough in relevant ways to merit comparison. If two things are too different to compare in a useful way, an attempt to compare them is colloquially referred to in English as "comparing apples and oranges." Comparison is widely used in society, in science and in the arts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison

Examples of use of Comparison

1. Revolutionary War, a comparison Kohl objected to.

2. In comparison, aides to former Massachusetts Gov.

3. Export–oriented stocks performed poorly by comparison.

4. In comparison Mr Blair looked positively youthful.

5. By comparison, his Zocalo accommodations are plush.