Comparison

Definition

comparison /kǝm'pærÇsn/ n (က) [U] ႏိႈင္းယွဥ္ျခင္း။ ႏိႈင္းယွဥ္ျပ ျခင္း။ He showed us a good tyre for comparison (with the worn one). (ခ) [C] ~ (of A and/to/with B); ~ (between A and B) ႏိႈင္းယွဥ္ခ်က္။ the comparison of the heart to/with a pump ❍ comparisons between Britain and the rest of Europe ❍ It's an interesting comparison. ❍ You shouldn't draw unfair comparisons—the two are completely different. ❏ bear/stand comparison with sb/sth [ IDM ] ၿပိဳင္ႏိုင္ သည္။ ယွဥ္ႏိုင္သည္။ That's a good dictionary, but it doesn't bear comparison with this one. ❏ by/in comparison (with sb/sth) [ IDM ] ႏိႈင္းယွဥ္လိုက္ ရင္။ ယွဥ္ၾကည့္လိုက္ေတာ့။ The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with those in New York. ❏ there's no comparison [ IDM ] ႏိႈင္းယွဥ္လို႔မရဘူး။ တျခားစီပဲ။ ‘Is he as good as her at chess?’ ‘There's no comparison (ie She is much better). ’

Examples

1. [make/draw a comparison] : It is very difficult to make comparisons across other schools.
2. [comparison between] : Direct comparison between the two languages is not possible.
3. [comparison of] : We have made a systematic comparison of the techniques used by the different players.
4. The comparison will show how far politicians’ views reflect those of the citizens.
5. [comparison between/with/of] : Table 2 provides a comparison with last year’s results.
6. [make/draw a comparison] : He drew comparisons between the problems faced by the university and those confronting his own establishment.
7. [comparison between/with/of] : The comparison with his work is probably unfair.