Comparison vs. Comparative
Comparisonnoun
The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
Comparisonnoun
An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each-other.
Comparisonnoun
With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
Comparisonnoun
(grammar) The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees, as in hot, hotter, hottest.
Comparisonnoun
That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
Comparisonnoun
(rhetoric) A simile.
Comparisonnoun
(phrenology) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
Comparisonnoun
The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.
Comparisonnoun
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.
Comparisonnoun
That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
Comparisonnoun
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.
Comparisonnoun
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.
Comparisonnoun
The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
Comparisonverb
To compare.
Comparisonnoun
examining resemblances or differences
Comparisonnoun
relation based on similarities and differences
Comparisonnoun
qualities that are comparable;
Comparativeadjective
Of or relating to comparison.
Comparativeadjective
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
Comparativeadjective
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Comparativeadjective
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Comparativenoun
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
Comparativenoun
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
Comparativenoun
Data used to make a comparison.
Comparativenoun
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
Comparativenoun
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
Comparativeadjective
Of or pertaining to comparison.
Comparativeadjective
Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
Comparativeadjective
Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state.
Comparativeadjective
Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright.
Comparativenoun
The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives.
Comparativenoun
An equal; a rival; a compeer.
Comparativenoun
One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
Comparativenoun
the comparative form of an adjective;
Comparativeadjective
relating to or based on or involving comparison;
Comparativeadjective
having significance only in relation to something else;
Comparativeadjective
measured or judged by estimating the similarity or dissimilarity between one thing and another; relative
Comparativeadjective
involving the systematic observation of the similarities or dissimilarities between two or more branches of science or subjects of study
Comparativeadjective
(of an adjective or adverb) expressing a higher degree of a quality, but not the highest possible (e.g. braver; more fiercely).
Comparativeadjective
(of a clause) involving comparison (e.g. he's not as good as he was).
Comparativenoun
a comparative adjective or adverb.
Comparativenoun
the middle degree of comparison.
Comparative
In general linguistics, the comparative is a syntactic construction that serves to express a comparison between two (or more) entities or groups of entities in quality or degree - see also comparison (grammar) for an overview of comparison, as well as positive and superlative degrees of comparison. The syntax of comparative constructions is poorly understood due to the complexity of the data.
