The comparative is one of the degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
Comparative may also refer to:
Language Comparative sentence, a sentence expressing a comparison between two entities Comparative case, a grammatical case used in the Mari language Comparative linguistics, a method used in the study of languages Comparative method (linguistics), a technique used in historical linguistics Quantitative comparative linguistics, a computational technique used in the study of languages
Literature Comparative Critical Studies, a literary journal Comparative literature, a method used in the study of literature
Social sciences Comparative contextual analysis, an epistemological method in philosophy Comparative Politics, a field and a method in the study of Politics Comparative education, a method used in the study of education Comparative Effectiveness, a term from health care intervention Comparative psychology, a method used in psychology Comparative sociology, a method used in sociology Historical comparative research, a technique of historical sociology Law of comparative judgment, a model of psychometrics and psychophysics Qualitative comparative analysis, a comparative tool used in various social science fields
Government and law American Journal of Comparative Law, a journal Comparative government, a method used in political science Comparative law, a method used in the study of law Comparative negligence, a partial legal defense Comparative politics, a method used in political science Comparative responsibility, a term from tort law
Biology Comparative anatomy, a technique used in the study of anatomy Comparative biology, a technique of biology Comparative cognition, a branch of biology Comparative genomics, a method used in genetics Comparative genomic hybridization, a technique of genetics Comparative neuropsychology, a technique for studying the brain Comparative physiology, a technique used in physiology Integrative and Comparative Biology, a journal Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard University Phylogenetic comparative methods, statistical and other techniques that incorporate phylogenetic information when comparing species
Cultural studies Comparative cultural studies, the study of cultures from a cross-cultural point of view Comparative history, a technique used in the study of history Comparative mythology, a method used in the study of mythology Comparative religion, a method used in the study of religion Comparative research, a cross-cultural technique List of Muslim comparative religionists, a who's who of Muslims engaged in comparative Islamic studies Studies in Comparative Religion, a journal
Economics Comparative advantage, a law of economics Comparative advertising, a marketing technique Comparative economic systems, a method of economics Comparative statics, a method of economics
See also
The Comparative Method or Comparative Measurement in art is described in Atelier (art). Comparative analysis (disambiguation) Comparator Comparison (disambiguation)