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comparison
Overview of noun comparison
The noun comparison has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (16) comparison, comparing -- (examining resemblances or differences)
2. (8) comparison -- (relation based on similarities and differences)
3. comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability -- (qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun comparison
3 senses of comparison
Sense 1
comparison, comparing
=> examination, scrutiny
=> investigation, investigating
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
comparison
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability
=> likeness, alikeness, similitude
=> similarity
=> sameness
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun comparison
2 of 3 senses of comparison
Sense 1
comparison, comparing
=> likening
=> analogy
=> collation
=> confrontation
=> contrast
Sense 2
comparison
=> imaginative comparison
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun comparison
3 senses of comparison
Sense 1
comparison, comparing
=> examination, scrutiny
Sense 2
comparison
=> relation
Sense 3
comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability
=> likeness, alikeness, similitude
Antonyms of noun comparison
Member Holonyms of noun comparison
Substance Holonyms of noun comparison
Part Holonyms of noun comparison
Member Meronyms of noun comparison
Substance Meronyms of noun comparison
Part Meronyms of noun comparison
Meronyms of noun comparison
Holonyms of noun comparison
Attributes of noun comparison
Derived Forms of noun comparison
3 senses of comparison
Sense 1
comparison, comparing
RELATED TO>(verb) compare#1
=> compare
Sense 2
comparison
RELATED TO>(verb) compare#1
=> compare
Sense 3
comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability
RELATED TO>(verb) compare#3
=> compare, liken, equate
Domain of noun comparison
Domain Terms of noun comparison
Familiarity of noun comparison
comparison used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun comparison
3 senses of comparison
Sense 1
comparison, comparing
> examination, scrutiny
=> audit
=> autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination
=> checkup, medical checkup, medical examination, medical exam, medical, health check
=> comparison, comparing
=> fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb
=> follow-up, followup, reexamination, review
=> going-over
=> once-over, look-over
=> ophthalmoscopy
=> palpation, tactual exploration
=> endoscopy
=> keratoscopy
=> rhinoscopy
=> scan
=> search
=> survey, study
=> testing
=> time and motion study, time-and-motion study, time-motion study, motion study, time study, work study
=> inspection, review
=> bank examination
Sense 2
comparison
> relation
=> possession
=> social relation
=> position, spatial relation
=> ownership
=> causality
=> relationship, human relationship
=> function
=> association
=> logical relation
=> mathematical relation
=> foundation
=> connection, connexion, connectedness
=> unconnectedness
=> linguistic relation
=> part, portion, component part, component
=> affinity, kinship
=> kinship, family relationship, relationship
=> magnitude relation, quantitative relation
=> control
=> business relation
=> reciprocality, reciprocity
=> interrelation, interrelationship, interrelatedness
=> temporal relation
=> comparison
=> opposition, oppositeness
=> change
Sense 3
comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability
> likeness, alikeness, similitude
=> comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability
=> mirror image, reflection, reflexion
=> naturalness
=> resemblance
=> spitting image
Meronyms of noun comparison
3 senses of comparison
Holonyms of noun comparison
Grep of noun comparison
comparison
imaginative comparison
Grep of verb comparison
comparison-shop
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