## Meanings
1. The act of looking at how two or more things are similar or different.
2. The state of being similar or alike (usually with a negative).
3. In grammar, the way adjectives and adverbs change form to show degree, as in hot, hotter, hottest.

## Examples
- He made a careful comparison of the available products before buying anything.
- There really is no comparison between today's computers and those of a decade ago.
- In English, adjectives have three forms for comparison: hot, hotter, and hottest.

## Derived Forms
- comparison-shop
- comparison-shopping
- comparisonitis
- comparisonwise
- intercomparison
- megalocomparison
- multicomparison
- recomparison

## Related Forms
- comparable
- comparative
- comparator
- compare

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: comparisoun
- Root: comparison
- Root: comparātiō

## Etymology
From Middle English comparisoun, from Old French comparison, from Latin comparātiō, from comparātus, perfect passive participle of comparō.

## AI Etymology
comparison is a noun. It is from Middle English comparisoun, from Old French comparison, from Latin comparātiō, from comparātus, perfect passive participle of comparō. Historical forms in the chain include comparisoun (Middle English), comparison (Old French), and comparātiō (Latin). Current senses include the act of looking at how two or more things are similar or different, the state of being similar or alike (usually with a negative), and in grammar, the way adjectives and adverbs change form to show degree, as in hot, hotter, hottest. Derived forms include comparison-shop, comparison-shopping, comparisonitis, comparisonwise, and intercomparison. Related words include comparable, comparative, comparator, and compare.

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