Comparison

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Comparison may refer to:

Language

• Comparison (grammar), the modification of adjectives and adverbs to express relative degree
• Mass comparison, a test for the relatedness of languages

Mathematics

• Comparison (mathematics), notation for comparing variable values
• Comparison of topologies, the comparison of topology structures
• Multiple comparisons, a procedure of statistics

Computer science

• Data comparison, the automatic comparison of data such as files and texts by computer programs
• Comparison (computer programming), code that makes decisions and selects alternatives based on them
• Comparison sort, a type of data sort algorithm

Psychology

• Pairwise comparison, a test of psychology
• Social comparison theory, a branch of social psychology

Other

• Comparison microscope
• Price comparison service, an Internet service
• Cross-cultural studies, which involve cross-cultural comparisons
• Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education

See also

• Comparability, a mathematical definition
• Comparator (disambiguation)
• Comparative (disambiguation)