Associations to the word «Comparison»

COMPARISON, noun. The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.

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

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

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

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

COMPARISON, noun. (rhetoric) A simile.

COMPARISON, noun. (phrenology) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.

COMPARISON SHOP, noun. An instance of comparison-shopping

COMPARISON SHOPPER, noun. A person who comparison-shops.

COMPARISON SHOPPING, noun. The act of comparing prices of something in advance before shopping for the best bargain

COMPARISON, 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".

COMPARISON, noun. Relation based on similarities and differences.

COMPARISON, noun. Qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare".