Word of the Day:
comparison
What It Means
The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.
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.
Comparison in Context
“As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear a comparison with them.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English comparisoun, from Old French comparison, from Latin comparātiō, from comparātus, perfect passive participle of comparō.
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