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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comparison \Com*par"i*son\ (? or ?), n. [F. comparaison, L.
comparatio. See 1st {Compare}.]
1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or
differences; relative estimate.
As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human
beings can bear comparison with them --Macaulay.
The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old
Testament afford many interesting points of
comparison. --Trench.
2. 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
3. That to which or with which a thing is compared, as
being equal or like illustration; similitude.
Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with
what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv 30.
4. (Gram.) 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.
5. (Rhet.) 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.
6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is
supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
{Beyond comparison}, so far superior as to have no likeness,
or so as to make comparison needless.
{In comparison of}, {In comparison with}, as compared with
in proportion to [Archaic] ``So miserably unpeopled in
comparison of what it once was.'' --Addison.
{Comparison of hands} (Law), a mode of proving or disproving
the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it
with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to
ascertain whether both were written by the same person.
--Bouvier. --Burrill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comparison \Com*par"i*son\, v. t.
To compare. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
comparison
n 1: examining resemblances or differences [syn: {comparing}]
2: relation based on similarities and differences
3: qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the
two books"; "beyond compare" [syn: {compare}, {equivalence},
{comparability}]
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