make a comparison
1make a comparison — (or make comparisons) 1 : to say that two or more things or people are similar His work has been widely praised. Comparisons have been made to the great painters of past centuries. 2 : to look at similarities and differences between two or more… …
2make a comparison — index contrast, measure Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3comparison — comparison, contrast, antithesis, collation, parallel mean a setting of things side by side so as to discover or exhibit their likenesses and differences, especially their generic likenesses and differences. Comparison is often used as the… …
4comparison — [kəm par′ə sən] n. [ME < OFr comparaison < L comparatio < pp. of COMPARE] 1. a comparing or being compared; estimation of similarities and differences 2. sufficient likeness to make meaningful comparison possible; possibility of… …
5comparison — n. 1) to draw, make a comparison 2) to hold up under comparison 3) to defy comparison 4) a favorable; unfavorable comparison 5) a comparison between; to, with (there is no comparison between them; she made a comparison of our literature to… …
6comparison — com|pa|ri|son W2S3 [kəmˈpærısən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(comparing)¦ 2¦(judgment)¦ 3¦(be like something)¦ 4 there s no comparison 5¦(grammar)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(COMPARING)¦[U] the process of comparing two or more people or things →↑compare, comparative ↑ …
7comparison — noun 1 COMPARING (U) the process of comparing two people or things (+ with): Comparison with the director s earlier movies seems inevitable. | by comparison (=compared to someone or something else): After months of being in a tropical climate,… …
8comparison — [[t]kəmpæ̱rɪsən[/t]] ♦♦♦ comparisons 1) N VAR: oft N of/between pl n When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and discover the differences between them. ...a comparison of the British and German economies... Its recommendations …
9comparison*/*/ — [kəmˈpærɪs(ə)n] noun [C/U] the process of considering the ways in which people or things are similar or different It is very difficult to make comparisons with other schools.[/ex] We cannot make a comparison between the two languages.[/ex] There… …
10Comparison of movie cameras — See list of movie cameras for a comprehensive listing of movie cameras. The following tables make a comparison of movie cameras that are in common professional usage in recent years. This list is strictly limited to film based cameras, in order… …
