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Comparable vs Comparator - What's the difference?

comparable | comparator |

As nouns the difference between comparable and comparator

is that comparable is something suitable for comparison while comparator is any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard.

As an adjective comparable

is able to be compared (to).

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. }} ----

    comparator

    English

    (wikipedia comparator)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard.
  • An electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data.
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