Analogous vs Comparative - What's the difference?
analogous | comparative | Related terms |
Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion;—often followed by "to".
* 2013 , Martina Hyde, Is the pope Catholic?'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/20/is-pope-catholic-atheists-gay-people-abortion]
* Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. --De Quincey.
* Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. --J. H. Newman.
Of or relating to comparison.
* Granvill
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
* Whewell
* Bentley
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.137:
(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
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
* .67:
As adjectives the difference between analogous and comparative
is that analogous is having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion;—often followed by "to" while comparative is of or relating to comparison.As a noun comparative is
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.analogous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- After all, if we think of the Vatican as a vast and hugely successful multinational corporation, then this interview would appear to be the equivalent of a profits warning. At the very least, it would seem to be tinkering with the formula of the biggest spiritual brand in the world, analogous to Coca-Cola changing its famous recipe in 1985.
Synonyms
* (having analogy) correspondent, like, similar, comparable, parallelReferences
*comparative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The comparative faculty.
- comparative anatomy
- The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
- The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that encloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top.
- 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 * comparativisticNoun
(wikipedia comparative) (en noun)- Gerard ever was / His full comparative .
- Every beardless vain comparative .
