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Alike vs Comparable - What's the difference?

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Comparable is a synonym of alike.



As adjectives the difference between alike and comparable

is that alike is having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference while comparable is able to be compared (to).

As an adverb alike

is in the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.

As a noun comparable is

something suitable for comparison.

alike

English

Alternative forms

* yliche (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
    • The twins were alike .

    Derived terms

    * alikeness

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.

    • Derived terms

    * share and share alike

    Anagrams

    * *

    comparable

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Able to be compared (to).
  • Similar (to); like.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance , passage=Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
  • (mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
  • (grammar) Said of an adjective that has a comparative and superlative form.

    • Related terms

    * incomparable * comparability * comparableness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something suitable for comparison.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 2, Fred A. Bernstein, Catskill Home Prices: How Low Will They Go?, New York Times citation
    • , passage=And the appraiser said he couldn't come up with comparables , because there hadn't been any sales nearby in several months. }} ----