comparisons

NOUN

contrasting; corresponding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analogy connection contrast correlation example identification juxtaposition observation ratio relation resemblance similarity testing

STRONG

allegory association balancing collation comparability discrimination estimation exemplification illustration likeness likening measuring metaphor opposition segregation separation weighing

WEAK

analogizing analyzing bringing together collating distinguishing dividing paralleling relating

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difference disconnection dissimilarity unlikeness

Example Sentences

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Comparisons between Hsieh and Hughes have already been made in Las Vegas court by Judge Gloria Sturman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Comparisons with the modern ant genus Liometopum, which is found today in North America and warmer parts of Europe, offer clues about how the extinct species may have lived.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Comparisons to the late-1990s dot-com bubble abound, as do invocations of the crash that followed.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

Comparisons to the dot-com bubble between roughly 1995 and 2000 don’t hold up, Adrian said.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025

Comparisons have also been drawn between McCandless and Carl McCunn, an affable absentminded Texan who moved to Fairbanks during the 1970s oil boom and found lucrative employment on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction project.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer