comparisonn.

Brit.

/kəmˈparᵻs(ə)n/, U.S.

/kəmˈpɛrəs(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English comparisoun, comparysoun(e, Middle English–1500s comparyson, comparisone, (Middle English comparrison, comparsoun, comparicon), 1500s compareson(e, comparason, Middle English– comparison.

Etymology: < Old French comparaison, compareson = Provençal comparasó , Spanish comparacion , Italian comparazione < Latin comparātiōn-em , noun of action < comparāre . For the form compare orison < ōrātiōnem , venison < vēnātiōnem , etc. See also comparation n., a later adaptation of the Latin.

1. The action, or an act, of comparing, likening, or representing as similar: see compare v.¹ 1 †to make comparison of: to compare.

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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > representing as similar

comparison1340

likeningc1390

comparing1489

equiparation1623

analogy1645

assimilating1781

admeasurement1819

assimilation1855

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 8890 Þe bryght cete of heven..Of whilk may na comparyson be made Tille na cete þat on erth may stand.

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 122 Prol. Of swiche swetenesse..That for to speke of gomme or herb or tree Comparison may noon ymaked be.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxiii. 108 Ne nan oþer may be made comparisoun off till hem.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aii The comparyson of them two may be made in .iiij. thynges.

1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 255 A comparison betweene waxe..and the witt of man.

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. i. 4 There is scarce any Ground for Comparison between Society and the mere material Body.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvi. 236 Good King David, or..our valiant Sir William Wallace,—not that I bring myself into comparison with either.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 20 The comparison of philosophy to a yelping she-dog.

a. Capacity of being likened or compared; relation between things such as admits of their being compared; comparable condition or character. (Always with negative expressed or implied.)

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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun]

comparison1340

evennessa1398

evenhead?a1400

equipollencec1430

pareil?c1450

equalityc1460

comparation1483

egalness1526

equalness1530

equivalency1535

eveningc1540

equivalencea1542

indifferency1569

owelty1579

coequality1583

mateship1593

equal1596

adequation1605

parity1609

parility1610

matchableness1611

equipollency1623

equiparance1624

egality1628

equipage1633

comparitya1635

omniparity1635

peership1641

exequation1656

equipoise1658

equipotency1658

countervalue1660

adequateness1664

commensurablenessa1676

peerage1681

égalité1794

peerdom1891

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > capacity for comparison

comparison1340

comparation1483

compare1589

commensurablenessa1676

commensurability1841–4

comparability1843

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 92 Of zuyche blisse and of zuyche loste no liknesse ne non comparisoun ne may by yuounde ine yoyes and ine lostes of þe wordle.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xxi. 181 So moche a debonayer lorde..that ther is no comparison to hym.

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 56^v To all which..there could no more bee deuised of equall comparison.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 60 Troylus is the better man of the two: Cres: Oh Iupiter ther's no comparison.

1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 12 A Pallace without comparison to any other.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab i. 4 The teints Are such as may not find Comparison on earth.

1891 N.E.D. at Comparison Mod. Is there any comparison between them?

b. esp. in the phrases without comparison, out of all comparison, beyond all comparison.

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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 81 Þe ymage of his sseppere, þet is uayr wyþoute comparysoun.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 55 Eneas appyered aboue all the other wythout ony comparyson the most fayre.

1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 165 When Cortez saw that beautifull thing, his joy was without comparison.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ix. 712 Out of all comparison, the stronger, and more dangerous operation of the two.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 95 The claims of one man stood forth beyond all comparison.

†c. concrete. One that can be compared. Obsolete. rare.

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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > person or thing compared

comparativec1470

comparisona1500

assimilable1646

comparate1657

a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 3338 The knycht in to the armys Red..may to this be no comparysoune.

a. ‘A simile in writing or speaking; an illustration by similitude’ (Johnson).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > simile

ylikenessOE

likenessc1175

comparisona1382

similec1400

similitudec1400

resemblancec1405

analogya1536

likening1573

parabola1577

icon1589

parabole1828

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xlvii. 18 In songus, and in prouerbis and comparisouns.

c1400 Rom. Rose 7127 And many such comparisoun..Might menne in that booke find.

1665 R. Boyle Disc. iii. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. D4 Good Comparisons serve equally to illustrate, and to persuade.

a1699 W. Temple Ess. Pop. Discontents in Wks. (1731) I. 270 The Comparison between a State and a Ship.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxiv. 296 Comparisons may sometimes illustrate, but prove nothing.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table vi. 166 A comparison which..suggests itself.

†b. A satirical or scoffing similitude. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > instance of > satirical

comparison1598

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > simile > satirical simile

comparison1598

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 830 A man repleat with mockes, Full of comparisons and wounding floutes.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 136 Heele but break a comparison or two on me, which peraduenture, (not markt, or not laught at) strikes him into melancholy.

a. The action, or an act, of comparing, or noting the similarities and differences of two or more things: see compare v.¹ 2.

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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun]

evennessOE

eveningc1225

collationc1374

respitea1382

comparison1393

proportion?a1425

resemblance?a1439

comparation1483

comparing1489

commensuration1526

parificationc1537

conferring1561

paragon1590

counter-scale1645

counterbalance1647

collibration1656

confrontation1665

similituding1681

simile1682

confronting1887

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 10 In making of comparison There may no difference be Betwen a drunken man and me.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. ii. 13 Makynge spretuall comparesons of spretuall thynges.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 140/1 Thei will make comparisons betwene our Lady of Ippiswitch and our Ladie of Walsingham.

1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1707) vi. 208 The Words Great and Little, are relative Terms, and do import a Comparison to something else.

1773 Ld. Monboddo Orig. & Progress of Lang. (1774) I. i. vi. 68 The faculty of Comparison is that which produces ideas.

1860 W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 5) 75 Comparison is the act of putting together two or more single objects with a view to ascertain how far they resemble each other.

1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) vi. 320 A comparison is instituted between Christianity and Judaism.

b. to bear or stand comparison with.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > equal, match, or rival

matchc1400

to hold, rarely have, tack with (to)1412

equalize15..

mate1509

touch1530

to hold (a person, etc.) tack (to tack)1555

equal1590

egall1591

countermatch1600

to weigh with (also even with)1600

emulate1602

side1605

compeer1608

pair1619

mount1628

amate1642

to hold weight witha1643

to be (also prove oneself) a match for1712

peel1726

to hold the sticks toa1817

to bear or stand comparison with1845

see1861

tie1888

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 11 The high road to La Coruña..will stand comparison with any in Europe.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiii. 166 In point of grandeur it [the view] will bear comparison with any in the Alps.

5. Phraseological const.

a. in comparison of (archaic); †as to the comparison of, †to the comparison of (obsolete rare).

ΚΠ

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. vii. 8 Richesses I seide no thing to ben in comparisoun of it.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccliii. 325 Lo what a mariage was this as to the comparison of that other.

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton F v Yf many been dampned to the comparyson and regard of them that are saued.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxxii[i]. 25 There is nothinge vpon earth, that I desyre in comparison of the.

1780 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) x. 9 The Sculptor's art is limited in comparison of others.

1873 R. Broughton Nancy III. 118 A bear is an amiable and affable beast in comparison of him.

b. in comparison to.

ΚΠ

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Aiiii^v They despysed al worldely riches in comparyson to that knowlege.

1546 Wycklyffes Wycket sig. Av^v A sterre in clerenes [is] nothynge in comparyson to the sonne.

1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 28 The warm Air..is but in a small quantity, in comparison to that which fills the whole Room.

1843 F. E. Paget Pageant 60 My dress costs nothing, in comparison to what the expense of many people's will be.

c. in (by) comparison with: as compared with; considered with reference to; also

ΚΠ

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 108 What a boie art thou in comparison with this fellow.

1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 163 Not onely simply, but in comparison with other things.

1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay I. 151 Throwing in their teeth the brilliancy of my verses at eleven or twelve, by comparison with theirs at..nineteen.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 243 These things were as nothing in comparison with the powers claimed for convocation.

d. elliptically in comparison, by comparison.

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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [adverb]

at or in regardc1450

in comparison1470

in respect1532

comparatively1597

by comparison1807

alongside1831

comparingly1882

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xx. viii There were but fewe in comparyson that wold bere ony armour.

1532 W. Thynne in Wks. Chaucer Ded. sig. Aiij/1 Whiche..seemeth..in comparison, as a pure and fyne tryed precious..iewell.

1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons A Before..there were verie few theeves and roges in England, in comparison that there are now.

1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. xli. 204 Penrith..seems here by comparison like a metropolis.

6. Proverb. comparisons are odious.

ΚΠ

c1430 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep 204 Odyous of olde been comparisonis, And of comparisonis engendyrd is haterede.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 18^v Least [= lest] comparisons shoulde seeme odious.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. v. 15 Comparisons are odorous.

1635 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 36 Though Comparisons bee ever harsh, and most times odious.

1724 J. Swift Let. to Molesworth 2 Comparisons were odious.

1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk i. xi. 247 Comparisons are odious, because they are impertinent..making one thing the standard of another which has no relation to it.

†7. ? Rivalry, contention. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 25 Malice, discord, pryde and comparesone.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 149 Drink irritates quarrels and comparisons.

8. Grammar. The action of comparing an adjective or adverb. degrees of comparison: the positive, comparative, and superlative degrees of an adjective or adverb. See comparative adj. 2, compare v.¹ 3.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > comparison of adjectives or adverbs

comparation1483

comparison1530

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > comparison of adjectives or adverbs > degree(s) of comparison

degreea1475

degrees of comparison1530

state1795

state1800

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 69 Adjectyves..maye have with us er and est added to their endes, whan we make comparyson in our tong.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 409/2 Nowe wyll he..come forth wyth his thre degrees of comparison, olde, elder, and eldest.

c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) ii. vi. §3 Of comparison ther be thre degrees: the positive, comparative, and superlative, if the first may be called a degre.

1876 C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. (ed. 21) §116. 40 Combinations like more learned, most virtuous, may be called ‘Degrees of Comparison’ on the same principle as that on which ‘I shall go’ is called the ‘Future Tense’ of the verb go.

9. ? A corruption of caparison n.

ΚΠ

1540 Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. I. 300* iij Comparisonis to the Kingis Grace, xx elnis blak Armosing Taffitese.

1540 Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. I. 301* For brodering of ane Comparissoune of his graces.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

comparison eyepiece n. an eyepiece designed for use with two similar microscopes so that the images from both can be viewed simultaneously.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > lens > [noun] > eye-piece

eyeglass1665

ocular1702

eyepiece1729

Ramsden1787

field glass1797

negative eyepiece1831

positive eyepiece1842

Kellner1865

orthoscopic1868

eye-point1875

comparison eyepiece1940

1940 R. M. Allen Microscope vi. 162 The comparison eyepiece..receives images from two different microscopes and combines them into a single eye lens.

comparison microscope n. a microscope that enables images formed by two objectives to be viewed simultaneously.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > microscope > other microscopes

lucernal microscope1743

gas microscope1833

oxyhydrogen microscope1839

binocular1871

orthostereoscope1892

pseudostereoscope1892

ultramicroscope1906

acoustic microscope1910

hodoscope1915

optical microscope1928

light microscope1934

comparison microscope1940

phase microscope1946

stereomicroscope1962

1940 R. Morrish Police & Crime-detection viii. 74 An indispensable instrument for all laboratories is the Comparison Microscope. By means of this microscope two objects can be viewed in the same field of vision.

1958 G. H. Needham Pract. Use Microscope vi. 87 The comparison microscope with separate microscopes and attachable comparison eyepieces to unite them is the one usually preferred.

comparison plate n. each of the photographic plates of a planet, etc., taken at different stations or times and used for comparison in astronomical research.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > scientific and technical

selenograph1868

spectrograph1891

spectrogram1892

autophotograph1904

comparison plate1905

electronograph1970

1905 Westm. Gaz. 12 Oct. 12/1 The probable absence of good comparison plates from other places—whereby the planet could be identified..—is very disappointing.

comparison spectrum n. a spectrum formed for comparison, wave-length by wave-length, with the spectrum under observation.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > chromatism > [noun] > spectrum > types of

Fraunhofer spectrum1837

gas spectrum1859

interference spectrum1860

flame spectrum1862

absorption spectrum1864

fluorescence spectrum1867

band spectrum1869

comparison spectrum1877

infra-red1881

emission spectrum1888

X-ray spectrum1910

1877 G. F. Chambers Handbk. Descr. Astron. (ed. 3) x. ii. 843 The light from the terrestrial substance which gives the comparison spectrum.

1897 Daily News 18 June 8/3 When the problem had to be solved of a satisfactory introduction of light for the comparison spectrum.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	comparison
释义	comparisonn. Brit. /kəmˈparᵻs(ə)n/, U.S. /kəmˈpɛrəs(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English comparisoun, comparysoun(e, Middle English–1500s comparyson, comparisone, (Middle English comparrison, comparsoun, comparicon), 1500s compareson(e, comparason, Middle English– comparison. Etymology: < Old French comparaison, compareson = Provençal comparasó , Spanish comparacion , Italian comparazione < Latin comparātiōn-em , noun of action < comparāre . For the form compare orison < ōrātiōnem , venison < vēnātiōnem , etc. See also comparation n., a later adaptation of the Latin. 1. The action, or an act, of comparing, likening, or representing as similar: see compare v.¹ 1 †to make comparison of: to compare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > representing as similar comparison1340 likeningc1390 comparing1489 equiparation1623 analogy1645 assimilating1781 admeasurement1819 assimilation1855 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 8890 Þe bryght cete of heven..Of whilk may na comparyson be made Tille na cete þat on erth may stand. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 122 Prol. Of swiche swetenesse..That for to speke of gomme or herb or tree Comparison may noon ymaked be. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxiii. 108 Ne nan oþer may be made comparisoun off till hem. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aii The comparyson of them two may be made in .iiij. thynges. 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 255 A comparison betweene waxe..and the witt of man. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. i. 4 There is scarce any Ground for Comparison between Society and the mere material Body. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvi. 236 Good King David, or..our valiant Sir William Wallace,—not that I bring myself into comparison with either. View more context for this quotation 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 20 The comparison of philosophy to a yelping she-dog. 2. a. Capacity of being likened or compared; relation between things such as admits of their being compared; comparable condition or character. (Always with negative expressed or implied.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] comparison1340 evennessa1398 evenhead?a1400 equipollencec1430 pareil?c1450 equalityc1460 comparation1483 egalness1526 equalness1530 equivalency1535 eveningc1540 equivalencea1542 indifferency1569 owelty1579 coequality1583 mateship1593 equal1596 adequation1605 parity1609 parility1610 matchableness1611 equipollency1623 equiparance1624 egality1628 equipage1633 comparitya1635 omniparity1635 peership1641 exequation1656 equipoise1658 equipotency1658 countervalue1660 adequateness1664 commensurablenessa1676 peerage1681 égalité1794 peerdom1891 the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > capacity for comparison comparison1340 comparation1483 compare1589 commensurablenessa1676 commensurability1841–4 comparability1843 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 92 Of zuyche blisse and of zuyche loste no liknesse ne non comparisoun ne may by yuounde ine yoyes and ine lostes of þe wordle. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xxi. 181 So moche a debonayer lorde..that ther is no comparison to hym. 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 56^v To all which..there could no more bee deuised of equall comparison. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 60 Troylus is the better man of the two: Cres: Oh Iupiter ther's no comparison. 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 12 A Pallace without comparison to any other. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab i. 4 The teints Are such as may not find Comparison on earth. 1891 N.E.D. at Comparison Mod. Is there any comparison between them? b. esp. in the phrases without comparison, out of all comparison, beyond all comparison. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 81 Þe ymage of his sseppere, þet is uayr wyþoute comparysoun. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 55 Eneas appyered aboue all the other wythout ony comparyson the most fayre. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 165 When Cortez saw that beautifull thing, his joy was without comparison. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ix. 712 Out of all comparison, the stronger, and more dangerous operation of the two. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 95 The claims of one man stood forth beyond all comparison. †c. concrete. One that can be compared. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > person or thing compared comparativec1470 comparisona1500 assimilable1646 comparate1657 a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 3338 The knycht in to the armys Red..may to this be no comparysoune. 3. a. ‘A simile in writing or speaking; an illustration by similitude’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > simile ylikenessOE likenessc1175 comparisona1382 similec1400 similitudec1400 resemblancec1405 analogya1536 likening1573 parabola1577 icon1589 parabole1828 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xlvii. 18 In songus, and in prouerbis and comparisouns. c1400 Rom. Rose 7127 And many such comparisoun..Might menne in that booke find. 1665 R. Boyle Disc. iii. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. D4 Good Comparisons serve equally to illustrate, and to persuade. a1699 W. Temple Ess. Pop. Discontents in Wks. (1731) I. 270 The Comparison between a State and a Ship. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxiv. 296 Comparisons may sometimes illustrate, but prove nothing. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table vi. 166 A comparison which..suggests itself. †b. A satirical or scoffing similitude. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > instance of > satirical comparison1598 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > simile > satirical simile comparison1598 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 830 A man repleat with mockes, Full of comparisons and wounding floutes. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 136 Heele but break a comparison or two on me, which peraduenture, (not markt, or not laught at) strikes him into melancholy. View more context for this quotation 4. a. The action, or an act, of comparing, or noting the similarities and differences of two or more things: see compare v.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] evennessOE eveningc1225 collationc1374 respitea1382 comparison1393 proportion?a1425 resemblance?a1439 comparation1483 comparing1489 commensuration1526 parificationc1537 conferring1561 paragon1590 counter-scale1645 counterbalance1647 collibration1656 confrontation1665 similituding1681 simile1682 confronting1887 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 10 In making of comparison There may no difference be Betwen a drunken man and me. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. ii. 13 Makynge spretuall comparesons of spretuall thynges. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 140/1 Thei will make comparisons betwene our Lady of Ippiswitch and our Ladie of Walsingham. 1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1707) vi. 208 The Words Great and Little, are relative Terms, and do import a Comparison to something else. 1773 Ld. Monboddo Orig. & Progress of Lang. (1774) I. i. vi. 68 The faculty of Comparison is that which produces ideas. 1860 W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 5) 75 Comparison is the act of putting together two or more single objects with a view to ascertain how far they resemble each other. 1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) vi. 320 A comparison is instituted between Christianity and Judaism. b. to bear or stand comparison with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > equal, match, or rival matchc1400 to hold, rarely have, tack with (to)1412 equalize15.. mate1509 touch1530 to hold (a person, etc.) tack (to tack)1555 equal1590 egall1591 countermatch1600 to weigh with (also even with)1600 emulate1602 side1605 compeer1608 pair1619 mount1628 amate1642 to hold weight witha1643 to be (also prove oneself) a match for1712 peel1726 to hold the sticks toa1817 to bear or stand comparison with1845 see1861 tie1888 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 11 The high road to La Coruña..will stand comparison with any in Europe. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiii. 166 In point of grandeur it [the view] will bear comparison with any in the Alps. 5. Phraseological const. a. in comparison of (archaic); †as to the comparison of, †to the comparison of (obsolete rare). ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. vii. 8 Richesses I seide no thing to ben in comparisoun of it. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccliii. 325 Lo what a mariage was this as to the comparison of that other. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton F v Yf many been dampned to the comparyson and regard of them that are saued. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxxii[i]. 25 There is nothinge vpon earth, that I desyre in comparison of the. 1780 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) x. 9 The Sculptor's art is limited in comparison of others. 1873 R. Broughton Nancy III. 118 A bear is an amiable and affable beast in comparison of him. b. in comparison to. ΚΠ 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Aiiii^v They despysed al worldely riches in comparyson to that knowlege. 1546 Wycklyffes Wycket sig. Av^v A sterre in clerenes [is] nothynge in comparyson to the sonne. 1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 28 The warm Air..is but in a small quantity, in comparison to that which fills the whole Room. 1843 F. E. Paget Pageant 60 My dress costs nothing, in comparison to what the expense of many people's will be. c. in (by) comparison with: as compared with; considered with reference to; also ΚΠ 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 108 What a boie art thou in comparison with this fellow. 1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 163 Not onely simply, but in comparison with other things. 1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay I. 151 Throwing in their teeth the brilliancy of my verses at eleven or twelve, by comparison with theirs at..nineteen. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 243 These things were as nothing in comparison with the powers claimed for convocation. d. elliptically in comparison, by comparison. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [adverb] at or in regardc1450 in comparison1470 in respect1532 comparatively1597 by comparison1807 alongside1831 comparingly1882 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xx. viii There were but fewe in comparyson that wold bere ony armour. 1532 W. Thynne in Wks. Chaucer Ded. sig. Aiij/1 Whiche..seemeth..in comparison, as a pure and fyne tryed precious..iewell. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons A Before..there were verie few theeves and roges in England, in comparison that there are now. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. xli. 204 Penrith..seems here by comparison like a metropolis. 6. Proverb. comparisons are odious. ΚΠ c1430 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep 204 Odyous of olde been comparisonis, And of comparisonis engendyrd is haterede. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 18^v Least [= lest] comparisons shoulde seeme odious. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. v. 15 Comparisons are odorous. View more context for this quotation 1635 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 36 Though Comparisons bee ever harsh, and most times odious. 1724 J. Swift Let. to Molesworth 2 Comparisons were odious. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk i. xi. 247 Comparisons are odious, because they are impertinent..making one thing the standard of another which has no relation to it. †7. ? Rivalry, contention. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 25 Malice, discord, pryde and comparesone. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 149 Drink irritates quarrels and comparisons. 8. Grammar. The action of comparing an adjective or adverb. degrees of comparison: the positive, comparative, and superlative degrees of an adjective or adverb. See comparative adj. 2, compare v.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > comparison of adjectives or adverbs comparation1483 comparison1530 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > comparison of adjectives or adverbs > degree(s) of comparison degreea1475 degrees of comparison1530 state1795 state1800 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 69 Adjectyves..maye have with us er and est added to their endes, whan we make comparyson in our tong. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 409/2 Nowe wyll he..come forth wyth his thre degrees of comparison, olde, elder, and eldest. c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) ii. vi. §3 Of comparison ther be thre degrees: the positive, comparative, and superlative, if the first may be called a degre. 1876 C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. (ed. 21) §116. 40 Combinations like more learned, most virtuous, may be called ‘Degrees of Comparison’ on the same principle as that on which ‘I shall go’ is called the ‘Future Tense’ of the verb go. 9. ? A corruption of caparison n. ΚΠ 1540 Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. I. 300* iij Comparisonis to the Kingis Grace, xx elnis blak Armosing Taffitese. 1540 Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. I. 301* For brodering of ane Comparissoune of his graces. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. comparison eyepiece n. an eyepiece designed for use with two similar microscopes so that the images from both can be viewed simultaneously. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > lens > [noun] > eye-piece eyeglass1665 ocular1702 eyepiece1729 Ramsden1787 field glass1797 negative eyepiece1831 positive eyepiece1842 Kellner1865 orthoscopic1868 eye-point1875 comparison eyepiece1940 1940 R. M. Allen Microscope vi. 162 The comparison eyepiece..receives images from two different microscopes and combines them into a single eye lens. comparison microscope n. a microscope that enables images formed by two objectives to be viewed simultaneously. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > microscope > other microscopes lucernal microscope1743 gas microscope1833 oxyhydrogen microscope1839 binocular1871 orthostereoscope1892 pseudostereoscope1892 ultramicroscope1906 acoustic microscope1910 hodoscope1915 optical microscope1928 light microscope1934 comparison microscope1940 phase microscope1946 stereomicroscope1962 1940 R. Morrish Police & Crime-detection viii. 74 An indispensable instrument for all laboratories is the Comparison Microscope. By means of this microscope two objects can be viewed in the same field of vision. 1958 G. H. Needham Pract. Use Microscope vi. 87 The comparison microscope with separate microscopes and attachable comparison eyepieces to unite them is the one usually preferred. comparison plate n. each of the photographic plates of a planet, etc., taken at different stations or times and used for comparison in astronomical research. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > scientific and technical selenograph1868 spectrograph1891 spectrogram1892 autophotograph1904 comparison plate1905 electronograph1970 1905 Westm. Gaz. 12 Oct. 12/1 The probable absence of good comparison plates from other places—whereby the planet could be identified..—is very disappointing. comparison spectrum n. a spectrum formed for comparison, wave-length by wave-length, with the spectrum under observation. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > chromatism > [noun] > spectrum > types of Fraunhofer spectrum1837 gas spectrum1859 interference spectrum1860 flame spectrum1862 absorption spectrum1864 fluorescence spectrum1867 band spectrum1869 comparison spectrum1877 infra-red1881 emission spectrum1888 X-ray spectrum1910 1877 G. F. Chambers Handbk. Descr. Astron. (ed. 3) x. ii. 843 The light from the terrestrial substance which gives the comparison spectrum. 1897 Daily News 18 June 8/3 When the problem had to be solved of a satisfactory introduction of light for the comparison spectrum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † comparisonv. Etymology: < comparison n. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To liken; = compare v.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] comparison1340 likena1382 figure1393 compare1447 comparagea1450 comparate?a1475 assemble1483 apply?1532 assimile1547 configurate1582 resemble1590 guise1606 similize1620 assimilate1630 approacha1649 consimilate1716 the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > liken bysenc1325 anliken1340 comparison1340 liken1340 figure1393 like?c1425 semblea1440 compare1447 comparagea1450 signifya1470 comparate?a1475 figurate?a1500 resemble1533 patterna1586 symbolize with1605 assimilatec1616 similize1620 symbolize1651 similarize1806 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 81 Al þet me may..þenche of uayr hit ne may naȝt by ycomparisoned to him. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark iv. 30 To what parable shulen we comparisoune it? c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 161 Thus comparisunez kryst þe kyndom of heuenne, To þis frelych feste. c1400 Test. Love Prol. Reasonable that woll not is comparisoned to unreasonable. 2. To place together so as to note the similarities and differences of; = compare v.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] evenOE comparisonc1374 measurea1382 remenec1390 compare1509 confer?1531 to lay togethera1568 lay1577 paragona1586 paragonize1589 set1589 sympathize1600 confront1604 to name on (also in) the same day1609 collate1612 to lay down by1614 sampler1628 to set together1628 matcha1649 run1650 vie1685 to put together1690 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. vii. 58 Þilke self noumbre of ȝeres..ne may nat certys be comparisound to þe perdurablete þat is eendeles. 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 51 His art of comparisoning our present sufferings with our future glory: how would it silence our murmurings! 3. In Wyclif as rendering of Latin comparare: a. transitive. To make like, fashion after the likeness of (const. to). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > model on or fashion after comparisona1382 counterfeitc1430 like?c1450 exemplify1566 pattern1567 afform1578 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xiii. 14 That he..licne it to an ymage of man, or to sum of bestes it he comparisoune. b. intransitive. To vie, contend; = compare v.¹ 4. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. x. 71 Come doun to vs in to the feeld; and there comparysoun we to gidre. c. transitive. To place in rivalry with. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete with [verb (transitive)] > set in competition couple1362 comparison1382 matchc1440 commit1614 measure1720 pit1754 pitch1801 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxx. 8 The Lord hath comparisound me with my sister, and I have recovered. 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