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📖 Определения и значения для слова comparison

📒 the process of comparing two or more people or things

  • For Durkheim, comparison was the most important method of analysis in sociology.
  • comparison with somebody/something Comparison with other oil-producing countries is extremely interesting.
  • The two situations bear no comparison (= they are not at all similar).

📒 an occasion when two or more people or things are compared

  • The films are too different for a fair comparison.
  • comparison of A and B a comparison of the rail systems in Britain and France
  • comparison of A with B a comparison of men’s salaries with those of women

📒 used especially at the beginning of a sentence when the next thing that is mentioned is compared with something in the previous sentence

  • By comparison, expenditure on education increased last year.
  • His problems seemed trivial by comparison.

📒 when compared with somebody/something

  • 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.
  • The glasses are small in comparison with the old ones.

📒 to seem less important when compared with something else

  • Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence.
  • Our problems pale into insignificance when compared to theirs.

📒 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).
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