Comparator vs. Comparison

Comparatornoun

Any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard.

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 them’;

Comparatornoun

An electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data.

Comparisonnoun

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.’;

Comparatornoun

(law) anything that serves comparison

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.’;

Comparatornoun

An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; - applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.

Comparisonnoun

(grammar) The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees, as in hot, hotter, hottest.

Comparator

In electronics, a comparator is a device that compares two voltages or currents and outputs a digital signal indicating which is larger. It has two analog input terminals V + {\displaystyle V_{+}\,} and V − {\displaystyle V_{-}\,} and one binary digital output V o {\displaystyle V_{\rm {o}}\,} .

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

The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.

‘As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear comparison with them.’; ‘The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison.’;

Comparisonnoun

The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them.

Comparisonnoun

That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.

‘Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it?’;

Comparisonnoun

The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison.

Comparisonnoun

A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel.

Comparisonnoun

The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.

Comparisonverb

To compare.

Comparisonnoun

examining resemblances or differences

Comparisonnoun

relation based on similarities and differences

Comparisonnoun

qualities that are comparable;

‘no comparison between the two books’; ‘beyond compare’;