| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties | | Division (I) Formation of Ideas | | Section II. Precursory Conditions and Operations |
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| 464. Comparison. |
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| NOUN: | COMPARISON, collation, contrast, parallelism, balance; identification; comparative -, relative- estimate.
simile, similitude, parallelization [rare]; allegory (metaphor) [See Metaphor].
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| VERB: | COMPARE, - to, - with; collate, confront; place side by side (near) [See Nearness]; set -, pit- against one another; contrast, balance.
compare notes; institute a comparison; parva componere magnis [L.].
PARALLEL, parallelize; draw a parallel.
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| ADJECTIVE: | COMPARATIVE, relative, contrastive; metaphorical [See Metaphor].
COMPARED WITH &c. v.; comparable; judged by comparison.
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| ADVERB: | RELATIVELY (relation) [See Relation]; as compared with &c. v.
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Comparisons are odious.
- Comparisons are odorous.—Much Ado
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