Comparison

Meaning

Noun

●

The

act

comparing

or the state or process of being compared.

●

evaluation

of the

similarities

and

differences

of one or more things

relative

to some other or each other.

●

With a

negation

, the

state of being

similar

or alike.

●

In Grammar:

in the

of some

whereby

and

are

the

of the

they

by the

they

or describe.

●

That to which, or with which, a

, as being

or like;

; similitude.

●

In Rhetoric:

A simile.

●

In Phrenology:

The

of the

group which

and contrasts.

Sourced from

Wiktionary

Origin

comparison

English

comparaison

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

comparatio

Latin

-atio

Latin

-io

Latin

atus

Latin

comparo

Latin

Sourced from

Etym

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Comparison

Meaning

Noun

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