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comparing
Overview of noun comparing
The noun comparing has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. comparison, comparing -- (examining resemblances or differences)
Overview of verb compare
The verb compare has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (62) compare -- (examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie")
2. (12) compare -- (be comparable; "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes")
3. (9) compare, liken, equate -- (consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed")
4. compare -- (to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun comparing
1 sense of comparing
Sense 1
comparison, comparing
=> examination, scrutiny
=> investigation, investigating
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun comparing
1 sense of comparing
Sense 1
comparison, comparing
=> likening
=> analogy
=> collation
=> confrontation
=> contrast
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun comparing
1 sense of comparing
Sense 1
comparison, comparing
=> examination, scrutiny
Antonyms of noun comparing
Member Holonyms of noun comparing
Substance Holonyms of noun comparing
Part Holonyms of noun comparing
Member Meronyms of noun comparing
Substance Meronyms of noun comparing
Part Meronyms of noun comparing
Meronyms of noun comparing
Holonyms of noun comparing
Attributes of noun comparing
Derived Forms of noun comparing
1 sense of comparing
Sense 1
comparison, comparing
RELATED TO>(verb) compare#3
=> compare, liken, equate
RELATED TO>(verb) compare#1
=> compare
Domain of noun comparing
Domain Terms of noun comparing
Familiarity of noun comparing
comparing used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun comparing
1 sense of comparing
Sense 1
comparison, comparing
> examination, scrutiny
=> audit
=> autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination
=> checkup, medical checkup, medical examination, medical exam, medical, health check
=> comparison, comparing
=> fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb
=> follow-up, followup, reexamination, review
=> going-over
=> once-over, look-over
=> ophthalmoscopy
=> palpation, tactual exploration
=> endoscopy
=> keratoscopy
=> rhinoscopy
=> scan
=> search
=> survey, study
=> testing
=> time and motion study, time-and-motion study, time-motion study, motion study, time study, work study
=> inspection, review
=> bank examination
Meronyms of noun comparing
1 sense of comparing
Holonyms of noun comparing
Grep of noun comparing
comparing
Antonyms of verb compare
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb compare
4 senses of compare
Sense 1
compare
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sense 2
compare
=> be
Sense 3
compare, liken, equate
=> study, consider
=> chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 4
compare
=> inflect
=> modify
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb compare
2 of 4 senses of compare
Sense 1
compare
=> analogize, analogise
=> collate
Sense 2
compare
=> go
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb compare
4 senses of compare
Sense 1
compare
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sense 2
compare
=> be
Sense 3
compare, liken, equate
=> study, consider
Sense 4
compare
=> inflect
'Cause To' of verb compare
Derived Forms of verb compare
3 of 4 senses of compare
Sense 1
compare
RELATED TO>(adj) comparative#2
=> comparative
RELATED TO>(noun) compare#1
=> comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability
RELATED TO>(noun) comparison#2
=> comparison
RELATED TO>(noun) comparison#1
=> comparison, comparing
RELATED TO>(noun) comparing#1
=> comparison, comparing
Sense 2
compare
RELATED TO>(noun) compare#1
=> comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability
Sense 3
compare, liken, equate
RELATED TO>(adj) comparative#2
=> comparative
RELATED TO>(adj) comparative#1
=> comparative
RELATED TO>(noun) compare#1
=> comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability
RELATED TO>(noun) comparison#3
=> comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability
RELATED TO>(noun) comparing#1
=> comparison, comparing
Domain of verb compare
Domain Terms of verb compare
Familiarity of verb compare
compare used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb compare
4 senses of compare
Sense 1
compare
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
compare
*> Something ----s
Sense 3
compare, liken, equate
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 4
compare
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb compare
4 senses of compare
Sense 1
compare
> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
=> anatomize
=> diagnose, name
=> diagnose
=> survey, appraise
=> survey
=> compare
=> check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into
=> assay
=> review, reexamine
=> audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect
=> screen
=> trace, follow
=> investigate, look into
=> sieve, sift
=> view, consider, look at
Sense 2
compare
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 3
compare, liken, equate
> study, consider
=> compare, liken, equate
Sense 4
compare
> inflect
=> compare
=> decline
=> conjugate
=> pluralize, pluralise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb compare
Sense 1
compare
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sense 2
compare
=> be
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Sense 3
compare, liken, equate
=> study, consider
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Sense 4
compare
=> inflect
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Grep of verb compare
compare
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