comparison

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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+ noun
1 [U] ~ (with sb/sth) the process of comparing two or more people or things: Comparison with other oil-producing countries is extremely interesting. + I enclose the two plans for comparison. + The education system bears / stands no comparison with that in many Eastern European countries (= it is not as good). + For Durkheim, comparison was the most important method of analysis in sociology.
2 [C] ~ (of A and / to / with B)
~ (between A and B) an occasion when two or more people or things are compared: a comparison of the rail systems in Britain and France + comparisons between Britain and the rest of Europe + a comparison of men's salaries with those of women + It is difficult to make a comparison with her previous book-they are completely different. + You can draw comparisons with the situation in Ireland (= say how the two situations are similar). + a comparison of the brain to a computer (= showing similarities)
Idioms: by comparison (written) used especially at the beginning of a sentence when the next thing that is mentioned is compared with sth in the previous sentence: By comparison, expenditure on education increased last year. + His problems seemed trivial by comparison.
by / in comparison (with sb/sth) when compared with sb/sth: The second half of the game was dull by comparison with the first. + The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York's skyscrapers.
there's no comparison used to emphasize the difference between two people or things that are being compared: In terms of price there's no comparison (= one thing is much more expensive than the other).
more at PALE v.

Thesaurus dictionary

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n.

1 contrasting, contrast, juxtaposing, juxtaposition, balancing, balance, weighing:

His comparison of the candidates is prejudiced.

2 match, similarity, resemblance, likeness, comparability, relation, relationship, commensurability, kinship, point of agreement or correspondence:

There is no comparison between a racing car and a family car.

Collocation dictionary

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ADJ.

favourable, unfavourable | broad, crude, simple | close, detailed, direct | fair, good, meaningful, useful, valid | unfair

VERB + COMPARISON

draw, make

It's difficult to make a direct comparison?the two things are so different.

| allow, enable, facilitate, invite

The similarity between the two invites comparison.

| bear, stand

Our problems don't bear comparison with those elsewhere.

PREP.

by ~ (with)

Jane is still quite young, and Fiona seems old by comparison.

| for ~

Let's put them side by side for comparison.

| in ~ to/with

The glasses are small in comparison with the old ones.

| ~ between

a comparison between figures for last year and this year

| ~ with

a comparison with other schools

PHRASES

a basis for comparison

to provide a basis for comparison

| a point of comparison

Concise English dictionary

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comparisons-'pærɪsn
noun
+examining resemblances or differences
+relation based on similarities and differences
+qualities that are comparable