comparison
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of examining resemblances
they made a comparison of noise levels
Types & categories
- examination hypernym
- likening hyponym
- analogy hyponym
- collation hyponym
- confrontation hyponym
- contrast hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
relation based on similarities and differences
Types & categories
- relation hypernym
- imaginative comparison hyponym
Related & opposite
- compare derivation
Sense 3 noun
qualities that are comparable
no comparison between the two books
Types & categories
- similitude hypernym
Related & opposite
- compare derivation
- equate derivation
- compare derivation
- comparable derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | compare |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | equate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | examination |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | likening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | analogy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | collation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | confrontation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contrast |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compare |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | relation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | imaginative comparison |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | compare |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | equate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | compare |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | comparable |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | similitude |