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How to pronounce comparison in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms comparability, compare, equivalence
Type of alikeness, likeness, similitude
Derivation compare


no comparison between the two books.
Type Words
Synonyms comparing
Type of examination, scrutiny
Has types confrontation, collation, contrast, likening, analogy
Derivation compare


they made a comparison of noise levels.
the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator.
Type Words
Type of relation
Has types imaginative comparison
Derivation compare

Examples of comparison

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The mango wings were quite good but paled in comparison with the balsamic wings.
From the stltoday.com
Editors and reporters determined the API provides for a more nuanced comparison.
From the ocregister.com
In comparison, only 70 percent of Yellowstone can be classified as core habitat.
From the bloomberg.com
By comparison, cancer is only the fifth-leading cause of death for men 20 to 39.
From the businessweek.com
These are expected upgrades to match the raw stats seen by a comparison shopper.
From the forbes.com
I think the comparison of the two results would have been extremely interesting.
From the forbes.com
France, in comparison, had to make 180 tackles and completed 90 percent of them.
From the nzherald.co.nz
An average coal-fired power plant, by comparison, generates about 700 megawatts.
From the timesunion.com
By comparison, boards of most major public companies meet 10 to 12 times a year.
From the smh.com.au
More examples
  • The act of examining resemblances; "they made a comparison of noise levels"; "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator"
  • Relation based on similarities and differences
  • Qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare"
  • In computer programming, comparison of two data items is effected by the comparison operators typically written as: These operators produce the logical value true or false, depending on the result of the comparison. For example, in the pseudo-code
  • Comparison, in grammar, is a property of adjectives and adverbs in most languages; it describes systems that distinguish the degree to which the modifier modifies its complement.
  • In mathematics, an inequality is a statement about the relative size or order of two objects, or about whether they are the same or not (See also: equality). *The notation a < b means that a is less than b.n*The notation a > b means that a is greater than b. ...
  • (Comparisons (TV series)) Comparisons is a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television from 1959 to 1963.
  • The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared; An evaluation of the similarities and differences of two (or more) things; The state of being similar or alike; The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees
  • (Comparisons) SAS Statement with limitations in SCL