Comparison vs. Comparation

Comparison vs. Comparation — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Comparison and Comparation

Comparisonnoun

The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.

to bring a thing into comparison with another;there is no comparison between them

Comparationnoun

(obsolete) A making ready; provision.

Comparisonnoun

An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each-other.

He made a careful comparison of the available products before buying anything.

Comparationnoun

(nonstandard) Comparison.

Comparisonnoun

With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.

There really is no comparison between the performance of today's computers and those of a decade ago.

Comparisonnoun

(grammar) The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees, as in hot, hotter, hottest.

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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

examining resemblances or differences

Comparisonnoun

relation based on similarities and differences

Comparisonnoun

qualities that are comparable;

no comparison between the two booksbeyond compare
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