The act of comparing; an
examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering
the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.
The state of being compared; a
relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting
of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison
with another; there is no comparison between
them.
That to which, or with which, a thing
is compared, as being equal or like; illustration;
similitude.
The modification, by
inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo
to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little,
less, least, are examples of
comparison.
A figure by which one
person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered
with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them
both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel.
The faculty of the
reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and
contrasts.
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