Comparative vs. Comparable
Comparative and Comparable Definitions
Comparative
Relating to, based on, or involving comparison.
Comparable
Admitting of comparison with another or others
“The satellite revolution is comparable to Gutenberg's invention of movable type” (Irvin Molotsky).
Comparative
Of or relating to the scientific or historical comparison of different phenomena, institutions, or objects, such as languages, legal systems, or anatomical structures, in an effort to understand their origins or relationships.
Comparable
Similar or equivalent
Pianists of comparable ability.
Comparative
Estimated by comparison; relative
A comparative newcomer.
Comparable
(often with to) Able to be compared (to).
An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.
You can't say that robbing a bank is like pickpocketing. The two are just not comparable.
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Comparative
(Grammar) Of, relating to, or being the intermediate degree of comparison of adjectives, as better, sweeter, or more wonderful, or adverbs, as more softly.
Comparable
(often with to) Similar (to); like.
Comparative
The comparative degree.
Comparable
(mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.
Comparative
An adjective or adverb expressing the comparative degree.
Comparable
(grammar) Said of an adjective that has comparative and superlative forms.
"Big" is a comparable adjective, since it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; but "unique" is not comparable, except in disputed, but common, usage.
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Comparative
Of or relating to comparison.
Comparable
Something suitable for comparison.
Comparative
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
Comparative anatomy
Comparable
Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.
There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend.
Comparative
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Comparable
Able to be compared or worthy of comparison
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Comparative
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Comparable
Conforming in every respect;
Boxes with corresponding dimensions
The like period of the preceding year
Comparative
(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.
Comparative
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
Comparative
Data used to make a comparison.
Comparative
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
Comparative
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
Comparative
Of or pertaining to comparison.
Comparative
Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
Comparative
Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state.
The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top.
Comparative
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.
Comparative
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.
In comparatives is expressed a relation of two; as in superlatives there is a relation of many.
Comparative
An equal; a rival; a compeer.
Gerard ever wasHis full comparative.
Comparative
One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
Comparative
The comparative form of an adjective;
`better' is the comparative of `good'
Comparative
Relating to or based on or involving comparison;
Comparative linguistics
Comparative
Having significance only in relation to something else;
A comparative newcomer
