English-French translations for comparison

• comparaison
  Je présenterai une brève comparaison. I shall give a short comparison.
  Il y a donc une base de comparaison. So there is a basis for comparison.
  Permettez-moi de faire une comparaison. Allow me to draw a clear comparison.

Definition of comparison

• The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared
• An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each-other
• With a negation, the state of being similar or alike
• The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees, as in ''hot, hotter, hottest''
• A simile

Examples

• to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them
• He made a careful comparison of the available products before buying anything
• There really is no comparison between the performance of todays computers and those of a decade ago

Related words

• comparison operator
• comparison shopping site
• comparison of prices
• comparison of languages
• comparison of alternatives
• in comparison with
• in comparison to
• point of comparison
• degree of comparison