Meaning | The act of examining resemblances. |
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Synonym | comparison |
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Narrower | analogy | Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect |
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collation | Careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement |
confrontation | A focussed comparison |
contrast | The act of distinguishing by comparing differences |
likening | The act of comparing similarities |
Broader | examination, scrutiny | The act of examining something closely (as for mistakes / mistakes) |
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Spanish | comparación, confrontación, cotejo |
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Catalan | acarament, confrontació |
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Verbs | compare | examine and note the similarities or differences of |
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compare | consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous |