Definitions

comparison

[kuhm-par-uh-suhn] / kəmˈpær ə sən /

NOUN

contrasting; corresponding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analogy connection contrast correlation example identification juxtaposition observation ratio relation resemblance similarity testing

STRONG

allegory association balancing collation comparability discrimination estimation exemplification illustration likeness likening measuring metaphor opposition segregation separation weighing

WEAK

analogizing analyzing bringing together collating distinguishing dividing paralleling relating

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difference disconnection dissimilarity unlikeness

Example Sentences

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“Year-to-year comparison, we are definitely seeing more rattlesnake bites this year than we have in previous years,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

There are 23,000 registered Democrats, he says, in comparison with 77,000 registered Republicans.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

By comparison, 49% of the crop was good-or-excellent at this point last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

But that’s due to a difficult comparison with 2025, in which the company received an unusually large 62 cents per-share noncash benefit from the fair-value rise in Alphabet’s venture capital investments.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

But even that landmark precedent, so crucial in establishing the republican principle of rotation in office, paled in comparison to an even more elemental political and psychological realization.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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