Qualities
Synonyms for comparison
The synonym for comparison recorded in this bank is equivalence, in the sense "qualities that are comparable". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for comparison
- equivalencenoun, in the sense "qualities that are comparable"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and comparison carries one sense so far.
qualities that are comparable
No comparison between the two books.
The true synonym
equivalence
Same sentence, swapped: No equivalence between the two books.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- reflection
- secondary
- naturalness
Where comparison turns up in the game
comparison is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where comparison is the trap
- portionnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is component, in the sense "something determined in relation to something that includes it", and comparison is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play comparison
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so comparison reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company comparison keeps.
One vocabulary, two jobs
comparison is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.