comparison
/kəmˈpæɹɪsən/ · com·pa·ra·sion
noun
- The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared. The teacher asked the students to bring a thing into comparison with another.
- An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other. He made a careful comparison of the available products before buying anything.
- With a negation, the state of being similar or alike. There really is no comparison between the performance of today's computers and those of a decade ago.
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Did you know? The word 'comparison' is often used in academic and professional settings to evaluate the merits of different options or ideas.