amerikai:
brit:
1. 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
2. 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.
3. 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.
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.
6. A simile.
7. The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.