comparing

Meaning of comparing

verb
  1. To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
    Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.
  2. To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
    Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.
  3. (grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
    We compare "good" as "good", "better", "best".
  4. To be similar (often used in the negative).
    A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare.
  5. To get; to obtain.

Information about comparing

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of comparing

com-par-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • comparing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

comparing synonyms

Meaning comparison:

comparison

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