Definitions
1.nounThe 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.nounAn 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.nounWith 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.noun(grammar) The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees, as in hot, hotter, hottest.
5.nounThat to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
6.nounA simile.
7.nounThe faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.