comparison

4 definitions • 11 examples

the act of comparing two or more people or things:

make a comparison They made a comparison of different countries' eating habits.

by comparison with By comparison with the French, the British eat far less fish.

in comparison with Maxwell and Thorne is tiny in comparison with most other firms in the industry.

the fact of considering something similar or of equal quality to something else:

draw a comparison She drew a comparison between life in the army and life in prison.

comparison between Comparison between the three groups is difficult as their backgrounds are very different.

there's no comparison To my mind there's no comparison between the two restaurants (= one is much better than the other).

bear comparison with He's a good writer but he doesn't bear comparison with Shakespeare (= he is not nearly as good as Shakespeare).

stand comparison with It stands comparison with (= is about as good as) the best Japanese cars in its price range.

an examination of the differences between persons or things:

[ U ] We kept a copy of an earlier letter for comparison.

[ U ] Though over six feet tall, he was small by comparison with (= compared to) his teammates on the basketball team.

the act of showing that something is similar or equal to something else:

[ C ] She drew a comparison (= showed the similarities) between the Roosevelt and Kennedy administrations.