comparison
Roget category 464
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.2. Precursory conditions and operations
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Comparison
noun
comparison,
collation,
contrast —
identification —
comparative estimate,
relative estimate,
relativity.
simile,
similitude,
analogy
(similarity)
17 —
allegory
etc.
(metaphor)
521.
matching,
pattern-matching.
[quantitative comparison]
ratio,
proportion
(number)
84.
[results of comparison]
discrimination
465 —
indiscrimination
465.1† —
identification
465.2.
verb
compare to,
compare with —
collate,
confront —
place side by side,
juxtapose
etc.
(near)
197 —
set against one another,
pit against one another —
contrast,
balance.
identify,
draw a parallel,
parallel.
compare notes —
institute a comparison —
parva componere magnis [Lat.].
adjective
comparative —
metaphorical
etc.
521.
compared with
etc.
v. —
comparable —
judged by comparison.
adverb
relatively
etc.
(relation)
9 —
as compared with
etc.
v..
phrase
comparisons are odious —
comparisons are odorous"
[Much Ado about Nothing].
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