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noun ADJ. favourable, unfavourable | broad, crude, simple | close, detailed, direct | fair, good, meaningful, useful, valid | unfair VERB + COMPARISON draw, make It's difficult to make a direct comparison?the two things are so different. | allow, enable, facilitate, invite The similarity between the two invites comparison. | bear, stand Our problems don't bear comparison with those elsewhere. PREP. by ~ (with) Jane is still quite young, and Fiona seems old by comparison. | for ~ Let's put them side by side for comparison. | in ~ to/with The glasses are small in comparison with the old ones. | ~ between a comparison between figures for last year and this year | ~ with a comparison with other schools PHRASES a basis for comparison to provide a basis for comparison | a point of comparison
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comparison
verbs
make a comparison
(= compare people or things )
• Using the Internet is an easy way to make comparisons between prices.
draw a comparison
(= say in what way people or things are similar )
• People have drawn comparisons between this movie and those of Quentin Tarantino.
provide a comparison
• The test can be used to provide a comparison of a child's language development with that of other children.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + comparison
a direct comparison
• You can’t really make a direct comparison between the the two schools.
an interesting comparison
• The exhibition provides an interesting comparison of the artists’ works.
a valid/useful/meaningful comparison
(= a reasonable one, based on sensible information )
• There is not enough data for a valid comparison to be made.
a fair/unfair comparison
• A fair comparison between the two firms is extremely difficult.
a favourable/unfavourable comparison
(= in which one thing or person is judged to be better/worse than another )
• My family was always making unfavourable comparisons between me and my older brother.
a detailed comparison
• Students had to write a detailed comparison of the two texts.
a price comparison
• A price comparison shopping site was launched last month.
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