Simile vs. Comparison
Difference Between Simile and Comparison
Similenoun
A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, as in "How like the winter hath my absence been" or "So are you to my thoughts as food to life" (Shakespeare).
Comparisonnoun
The act of comparing or the process of being compared.
Similenoun
A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like or as.
A simile is a bit like a metaphor.Comparisonnoun
A statement or estimate of similarities and differences.
Similenoun
a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
Comparisonnoun
The quality of being similar or equivalent; likeness
no comparison between the two books.Comparisonnoun
(Grammar) The modification or inflection of an adjective or adverb to denote the positive, comparative, and superlative degrees, as in English, along with the equative degree in certain other languages, such as Irish Gaelic.
Comparisonnoun
The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
to bring a thing into comparison with another;there is no comparison between themComparisonnoun
An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each-other.
He made a careful comparison of the available products before buying anything.Comparisonnoun
With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
There really is no comparison between the performance of today's computers and those of a decade ago.Comparisonnoun
(grammar) The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees, as in hot, hotter, hottest.
Comparisonnoun
That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
Comparisonnoun
(rhetoric) A simile.
Comparisonnoun
(phrenology) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
Comparisonnoun
examining resemblances or differences
Comparisonnoun
relation based on similarities and differences
Comparisonnoun
qualities that are comparable;
no comparison between the two booksbeyond compare
