Comparison is the act of examining the similarities and differences between things. Comparison may also refer to:
Computer science and technology Comparison (computer programming), a code that makes decisions and selects alternatives based on them Comparison microscope, a dual microscope for analyzing side-by-side specimens Comparison sort, a type of data sort algorithm File comparison, the automatic comparison of data such as files and texts by computer programs Price comparison service, an Internet service
Language Comparison (grammar), the modification of adjectives and adverbs to express the relative degree Mass comparison, a test for the relatedness of languages
Mathematics Comparison (mathematics), a notation for comparing variable values Comparison of topologies, an order relation on the set of all topologies on one and the same set Multiple comparisons, a procedure of statistics a synonym for co-transitivity, in constructive mathematics
Psychology Pairwise comparison (psychology), a test of psychology Social comparison theory, a branch of social psychology
Other uses Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education Cross-cultural studies, which involve cross-cultural comparisons
See also
Comparability, a mathematical definition Comparative (disambiguation) Comparator (disambiguation)