comparison

[kəmˈpærɪsn]

Definition:
1. The process of comparing two or more things.
2. The act of examining resemblances.

Use 'comparison' in a sentence:

1. There are no previous statistics for comparison.
2. The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York's skyscrapers.
3. The education system bears/stands no comparison with that in many Eastern European countries (= it is not as good) .
4. He makes unfavourable comparisons between British and French cooking.
5. The rest of the arts scene looks increasingly turgid by comparison.
6. Please summarize the information by selecting key features and making comparison where is relevant.
7. The amount of carbon dioxide released by human activities such as burning coal and oil is small in comparison.
8. The comparison of her life to a sea voyage simplifies her experience.
9. Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence.
10. It is demonstrably an unfair comparison.
11. That comparison isn't as wide of the mark as it seems.
12. There is no comparison between the two.
13. When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else pales in comparison.
14. Since he came to live with me, we have been subject to a campaign of spite and revenge which makes Lady Sarah appear angelic by comparison.
15. Those places are modern by comparison with Tresillian.
16. The telecom industry in Australia is very small in comparison with the rest of the world.
17. It is difficult to make a comparison with her previous book ─ they are completely different.
18. These waterways seem mute in comparison to the world's two longest rivers—the Nile and the Amazon.
19. Police officers fear invidious comparisons.
20. The film bears favourable technical comparison with Hollywood productions costing 10 times as much.
21. In terms of price there's no comparison (= one thing is much more expensive than the other) .
22. The second half of the game was dull by comparison with the first.
23. However, that comparison omits other relevant factors: leisure time, life expectancy, and economic inequality.
24. Comparison with other oil-producing countries is extremely interesting.
25. They were living well, in comparison with people elsewhere in the world.
26. It is difficult to make a comparison with her previous book—they are completely different.
27. Another aspect of social comparison in the counseling context relates to a technique known as normalizing.
28. Her later work does not bear comparison with her earlier novels.
29. All of our other activities would pale in comparison with sky diving.
30. Is the human heart weak in comparison with the other organs?
31. To have a better comparison, we need to go further and address such issues as repairs and insurance.
32. A key process in interpersonal interaction is that of social comparison, in that we evaluate ourselves in terms of how we compare to others.
33. My favorite season is Autumn because the weather is more agreeable by comparison with Summer.
34. There is no comparison between the knowledge and skill of such a player and the ordinary casual participant.
35. By comparison, expenditure on education increased last year.
36. A younger child will benefit more from an older sister's help than from an unfavourable comparison between their progress.
37. In particular, we engage in two types of comparison.
38. You can draw comparisons with the situation in Ireland (= say how the two situations are similar) .
39. He finds the comparison of insect wings with a sailing boat useful up to a point.
40. But the branch of historical linguistics, involves the comparison of several different languages, or the comparison of different stages of a single language.
41. Mercury is known to have a high density in comparison with other rocky planets.
42. In comparison with the previous study, the new study expanded research subjects.
43. Any comparison that is not strictly factual runs the risk of being interpreted as subjective.
44. Traditionally the relatedness of species has been ascertained by a close comparison of their anatomy.
45. The comparison shows considerable disagreement between theory and practice.
46. Agricultural productivity remained low by comparison with advanced countries like the United States.
47. I enclose the two plans for comparison .
48. Her looks are beyond comparison.
49. It is difficult to make a comparison with her previous book─they are completely different.
50. You can draw comparisons with the situation in Ireland.
51. I think these books can stand comparison quite happily with works by Dickens.
52. But these waterways seem minute in comparison to the world's two lengthiest rivers—the Nile and the Amazon.
53. I enclose the two plans for comparison.
54. Its recommendations are based on detailed comparisons between the public and private sectors.
55. They were living rather well, in comparison with people elsewhere in the world.