comparison
Speech parts
1. comparison - Noun
2. comparison - Verb
Meaning
The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.
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.
That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
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.
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.
The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
To compare.
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Examples
Jealousy is the fear of comparison.
Read the lives of the saints. You will find everything in them, they will teach you everything. Compare yourself not with your neighbors, but with the saints - such a comparison reveals to us how sinful we are.
Our life is but a minute in comparison with eternity.
Comparison is not necessarily proof.
Comparison is not proof.
Man, woman, and devil, are the three degrees of comparison.