comparison

Examples

• All

• Some have boys as well as girls, and discussions include comparisons of parenting girls and parenting boys.

  Academic text (1999)

• Consider how continental Europe has reacted in comparison to the United States.

  Academic text (2011)

• And what are your views on like the comparison game between friends?

• So look at the comparison side by side.

• In this world of so much comparison, run your own race.

  High Performance

• There is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more.

  Blank (2022)

• And look at how small the heads are in comparison to my hand.

  Zoe Hong

• Brian did a preliminary analysis and comparison, and he came up with some pretty interesting stuff.

  Enemy of the State (1998)

• Form is another area that can be explored through discussion and comparison of musical styles.

  Academic text (2011)

• Panama's profile on these questions can be better understood in comparison to other countries in Central America.

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

A

analogy

vscomparison

230 4.9

A comparison of two things that shows how they are similar to help explain something

covers both similarities and differences across multiple items rather than only explaining

P

parallel

vscomparison

63 4.4

A similarity between two things or events

refers to the action of checking similarities or differences, not to the similar example

L

likening

vscomparison

1 5.3

Comparing two things to show how they are similar

considers both similarities and differences across two or more items

C

comparing

vscomparison

1.3

An action of looking at two or more things to see how they are similar and different

also seeks differences and considers two or more items, not only similarities

Antonyms

C

to contrast

86 2.7

To compare two or more things to show how they are different

Compounds

C

controversial comparison

7.5

A comparison that causes strong disagreement among many people

I

imaginative comparison

• Literature

7.6

A way of comparing unlike things in writing using similes or metaphors

How Thorough

scrutiny

168 5.5

analysis

∞ 3.4

examination

110 2.3

comparison

382 1.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology