- comparison, comparing - examining resemblances or differences
--1 is a kind of examination, scrutiny
--1 has particulars: likening; analogy; collation; confrontation; contrastDerived form: verb compare1 - comparison - relation based on similarities and differences
--2 is a kind of relation
--2 has particulars: imaginative comparisonDerived form: verb compare1 - comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability - qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare"
--3 is a kind of likeness, alikeness, similitude
Derived form: verb compare3