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Spell Bee Word: comparison


Basic Details

Word: Comparison

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The act of looking at two or more things to see how they are alike or different.

Synonyms: contrast

How to Spell Comparison

Syllables: com - par - i - son

Tricky part: Compare drops its e and becomes compar-i-son. Many students add an extra i (comparision) because of words like decision.

Watch out for: comparision, comparisson, compairison

Memory tip: It ends in son, the same as person and poison: com-par-i-son.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. by comparison: when you compare one thing with another. Example: "Delhi is hot in May; by comparison, Shimla feels cool."

Usage Examples

Example 1: A comparison of the two maps showed how much the river had moved.

Example 2: There is no fair comparison between a bicycle and a racing car.

Example 3: Our science homework was a comparison of frogs and toads.

Fun Fact

In grammar, the degrees of comparison give many adjectives three forms, such as big, bigger and biggest.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

comparision

a) s
b) r
c) o
d) i

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d) i. After the s there is no second i: the word ends in son.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) diference
b) similarety
c) comparison
d) catagory

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c) comparison. Difference has ff, similarity has an i before ty, and category has an e after t.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

osnimpcaro

a) imprison
b) comparison
c) compassion
d) companion

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b) comparison. Imprison has no c or a, and compassion needs two s's; the ten letters spell comparison.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When you make a comparison, you ____.

a) add numbers together
b) learn a poem
c) draw a picture
d) look for likenesses and differences

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d) look for likenesses and differences

2. To make a comparison, you need at least ____.

a) one thing
b) two things
c) ten things
d) a calculator

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b) two things

Associated Words

conditionercowardicecapitalistimmigrantfeeble
lengthadoringsparkleinheritanceaccountability

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