meaning of comparison
1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.
2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them.
3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
4. The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison.
5. A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e. g. , the lake sparkled like a jewel.
6. The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
7. To compare.
8. examining resemblances or differences
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