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Alike is a related term of comparative.


As adjectives the difference between alike and comparative

is that alike is having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference while comparative is of or relating to comparison.

As an adverb alike

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

As a noun comparative is

(grammar) a construction showing a relative quality, in english usually formed by adding more'' or appending ''-er'' for example, the comparative of ''green'' is ''greener''; of ''evil'', ''more evil .

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

    * *

    comparative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to comparison.
  • * Granvill
    • The comparative faculty.
  • Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
    • comparative anatomy
  • Approximated by comparison; relative.
  • * Whewell
    • The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
  • * Bentley
    • The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that encloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top.
  • (obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.137:
    • And need he had of slumber yet, for none / Had suffered more—his hardships were comparative / To those related in my grand-dad's Narrative .

    Derived terms

    * comparatively * * comparativeness * comparativism * comparativist * comparativistic

    Noun

    (wikipedia comparative) (en noun)
  • (grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more'' or appending ''-er''. For example, the comparative of ''green'' is ''greener''; of ''evil'', ''more evil .
  • (grammar) A word in the comparative form.
  • (obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • Gerard ever was / His full comparative .
  • (obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
  • * .67:
    • Every beardless vain comparative .

    Related terms

    * absolute, absolute superlative, relative superlative, comparative superlative * degrees of comparison * superlative

    See also

    * contrastive

    References

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