Comparison (disambiguation)

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