comparisonnoun [ C or U ]
uk/kəmˈpær.ɪ.sən/us/kəmˈper.ɪ.sən/comparison noun [ C or U ] (EXAMINING DIFFERENCES)
B2 the act of comparing two or more people or things:
They made a comparison of different countries' eating habits.
By/In comparison with the French, the British eat far less fish.
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- You can't really draw a comparison between the two cases - they're entirely different.
- I thought I was badly treated but my experiences pale in comparison with yours.
- It was a tame film in comparison to some that she's made.
- The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1949, which seemed a wonderland in comparison with post-war England.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Comparing and contrasting
- against
- analogy
- antithesis
- as against idiom
- balance
- balance sth against sth
- benchmark
- compare
- competitive
- contrast
- contrastive
- differentiate
- gold standard
- relative
- relatively
- set
- simile
- stack up
- vis-à-vis
- work-life balance
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comparison noun [ C or U ] (CONSIDERING SIMILARITIES)
B2 the fact of considering something similar or of equal quality to something else:
She drew a comparison between life in the army and life in prison.
To my mind there's no comparison between the two restaurants (= one is much better than the other).
He's a good writer but he doesn't bear/stand comparison with Shakespeare (= he is not nearly as good as Shakespeare).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Comparing and contrasting
- against
- analogy
- antithesis
- as against idiom
- balance
- balance sth against sth
- benchmark
- compare
- competitive
- contrast
- contrastive
- differentiate
- gold standard
- relative
- relatively
- set
- simile
- stack up
- vis-à-vis
- work-life balance
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