Synonyms for comparison
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Noun
1. Compare
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
there is no comparison between them
Related words
- Word family
- comparable comparative comparator compare
- Phrases
- by comparison comparison operator degree of comparison in comparison no comparison pale in comparison
- Is a kind of
- inflection
Forms
- Plural
- comparisons → compares, comparabilities, equivalences, similitudes…
Example sentences
- compare You definitely can't compare Marseilles and Lyons.
- equivalence The tilde is used in math to denote equivalence.
- similitude The similitude of the princess to the former queen was striking.
- analogy I see no analogy between your problem and mine.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| comparison | falling | |
| compare | steady | |
| equivalence | rising | |
| comparability | falling | |
| similitude | steady | |
| analogy | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- simile
- 7 letters
- compare2, analogy4
- 8 letters
- parallel3
- 9 letters
- collation
- 10 letters
- similitude
- 11 letters
- equivalence4
- 13 letters
- comparability6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (compare2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- comparaison
- Español
- comparación
- Deutsch
- Gleichnis
- Català
- comparació