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Disparage :: Disparage (v. t.) To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.

Comparatively :: Comparatively (adv.) According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely.

Degree :: Degree (n.) One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison..

Pull :: Pull (n.) Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull..

Judgment :: "Judgment (v. i.) That act of the mind by which two notions or ideas which are apprehended as distinct are compared for the purpose of ascertaining their agreement or disagreement. See 1. The comparison may be threefold: (1) Of individual objects forming a concept. (2) Of concepts giving what is technically called a judgment. (3) Of two judgments giving an inference. Judgments have been further classed as analytic, synthetic, and identical..

Contrast :: Contrast (n.) The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities..

Incomparable :: Incomparable (a.) Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent.

Dissimile :: Dissimile (n.) Comparison or illustration by contraries.

Compare :: Compare (n.) Illustration by comparison; simile.

Incommensurable :: Incommensurable (a.) Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable..

Compare :: Compare (n.) Comparison.

Ratiocinative :: Ratiocinative (a.) Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative process..

Illustration :: Illustration (n.) That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity..

Dissimilitude :: Dissimilitude (n.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.

Likeness :: Likeness (n.) A comparison; parable; proverb.

Anything :: Anything (n.) Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like.

Inflection :: Inflection (n.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc..

Confer :: Confer (v. t.) To bring together for comparison; to compare.

Parallel :: Parallel (n.) A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope..

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

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