<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of comparing.</li><li>the state of being compared.</li><li>a likening; illustration by similitude; comparative estimate or statement.</li><li>the considering of two things with regard to some characteristic that is common to both, as the likening of a hero to a lion in courage.</li><li>capability of being compared or likened.</li><li>the function of an adverb or adjective that is used to indicate degrees of superiority or inferiority in quality, quantity, or intensity.</li><li>the degrees of a particular word, displayed in a fixed order, as mild, milder, mildest, less mild, least mild.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>