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Definition of comparing

Comparing
Compare Com*pare", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compared; p. pr. & vb. n. Comparing.] [L. comparare, fr. compar like or equal to another; com- + par equal: cf. F. comparer. See Pair, Peer an equal, and cf. Compeer.] 1. To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention. Compare dead happiness with living woe. --Shak. The place he found beyond expression bright, Compared with aught on earth. --Milton. Compare our faces and be judge yourself. --Shak. To compare great things with small. --Milton. 2. To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken. Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counselors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it. --Bacon. 3. (Gram.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing ``- er' and ``-est' to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing ``more' and ``most', or ``less' and ``least', to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful. Syn: To Compare, Compare with, Compare to. Usage: Things are compared with each other in order to learn their relative value or excellence. Thus we compare Cicero with Demosthenes, for the sake of deciding which was the greater orator. One thing is compared to another because of a real or fanciful likeness or similarity which exists between them. Thus it has been common to compare the eloquence of Demosthenes to a thunderbolt, on account of its force, and the eloquence of Cicero to a conflagration, on account of its splendor. Burke compares the parks of London to the lungs of the human body.

Meaning of comparing from wikipedia

- comparison (mathematics), notation for comparing variable values. comparison of topologies , the comparison of topology structures
- comparative linguistics (originally comparative philology ) is a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing
- comparative linguistics (originally comparative philology ) is a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing
- energy of action and existence, is compared to the universal order of tao. comparing traditions: eastern religions , western religions ,
- by comparing different cultures' mythologies, scholars try to identify underlying similarities and/or to reconstruct a 'protomythology'
- the theory explains how individuals evaluate their own opinions and abilities by comparing themselves to others in order to reduce
- comparability comparison (mathematics. in mathematics , any two elements x and y of a set p that is partially ordered by a binary relation
- the following tables contain general and technical information about a number of raster-to-vector conversion software products.
- comparing media systems: three models of media and politics (2004), by daniel c. the study compares media systems of 18 western
- this article presents a number of methodologies that have been suggested for the task of comparing the greatest chess players in history.