Roget's Thesaurus

#464. Comparison

Nouns

comparison, collation, contrast; identification; comparative estimate, relative estimate, relativity. simile, similitude, analogy (similarity) 17; allegory etc. (metaphor) 521. matching, pattern-matching. [quantitative comparison] ratio, proportion (number) 84. [results of comparison] discrimination 465; indiscrimination 465a; identification 465b.

Verbs

compare to, compare with; collate, confront; place side by side, juxtapose etc. (near) 197; set against one another, pit against one another; contrast, balance. identify, draw a parallel, parallel. compare notes; institute a comparison; parva componere magnis [Lat.].

Adjectives

comparative; metaphorical etc. 521. compared with etc. v.; comparable; judged by comparison.

Adverbs

relatively etc. (relation) 9; as compared with etc. v..

Phrases

comparisons are odious; comparisons are odorous [Much Ado about Nothing].

#464a. Incomparability

Nouns

incomparability; incommensurability; indistinguishablility etc. 465a.

Adjectives

incommensurable, incommensurate; incomparable; different etc. 15.

Phrases

like apples and oranges; no basis for comparison; no standard for comparison.