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The correct spelling is comparison.
How to pronounce comparison
/kəmˈpæɹɪsən/
nounIPA: /kəmˈpæɹɪsən/
Say it like: Com-par-iso-n
The correct spelling is comparison. The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared. For example: "to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them"
Usage Examples
“to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them”
“He made a careful comparison of the available products before buying anything.”
“There really is no comparison between the performance of today's computers and those of a decade ago.”
Definition
noun
- 1.The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
- 2.An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each-other.
- 3.With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
- 4.(grammar) The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees, as in hot, hotter, hottest.
- 5.That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
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