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# comparison

«comparison» in Mova's school dictionary: **when you look at two things to see how they are alike or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (comparison, comparisons)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A comparison is when you look at two things to see how they are alike or different. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparison/#m1)

2) A comparison is also saying one thing is like another, as in «as brave as a lion». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparison/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a statement that one amount is more, less or so many times another; used in lessons about comparing numbers (>, <, =); science: a comparison of two results; English: similes and metaphors are comparisons; phrases: «in comparison», «by comparison», «there is no comparison»

### examples

- Make a comparison of the two numbers with > or <. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparison/#x1)
- The comparison shows that Ann read 12 more pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparison/#x2)
- In comparison, Ben ran twice as far. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparison/#x3)
- Write a comparison of 3/4 and 2/3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparison/#x4)
- «As fast as a cheetah» is a comparison. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparison/#x5)
- Our class made a comparison of two plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparison/#x6)
- In comparison with the elephant, the mouse is tiny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparison/#x7)
- A worm is fat in comparison with me.' [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparison/#x8)

### note

Says two amounts are being set against each other: more/fewer means add or subtract, times means multiply or divide. Trap: read which amount is the base of the comparison. Spelling: compar-i-son, not «comparason».

### In the corpora

- [Good, better, best and bad, worse, worst are irregular comparisons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/4-adjectives-and-adverbs/13/)
- [Sometimes a part is told by comparison («10 more than the first»): find that part first.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/192-three-parts/2/)
- [Someone else being able to do something does not mean you can; grown-ups call this a false comparison.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/7/)
- [And he said unto them: 'What have I now done in comparison with you?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.225/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «comparison» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparison/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.