Talk:Comparison (disambiguation)

Dicdef. Markalexander100 08:51, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC) Also Dissimilar, Different, Abnormal, Malformation , Deformity, Afflicted.

• Delete. These are dictionary entries, unles something more can be made of them. --Pete Richardson 09:08, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. It's an interesting topic. I added some my random thought to see if it has a potential to survive. -- Taku 09:20, Mar 26, 2004 (UTC)
• Keep Comparison, Delete the rest. Comparison is a significant (if small) computer science topic that most new programmers need beaten into them. Article needs a section on the issues involved in comparing floating point values though. -- Cyrius 13:51, Mar 26, 2004 (UTC)
• Comparison is a good article. Delete the rest. — Sverdrup 13:54, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• I have expanded comparison with notes on grammar; it's no longer a stub, definitely keep. Disambiguations might be good for a number of these, like deformity, which might want to refer people to, say teratology or birth defect. It may take some brainstorming to figure out all the places that might profitably be disambiguated here; but eventually, useful lists might be added. Smerdis of Tlön 15:07, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. It's not the same as before. -- Zigger 20:17, 2004 Mar 29 (UTC)
• Keep. (Looks like user may be working from a list similar to Outline of Roget's Thesaurus) -- Catherine 06:07, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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Terminology of Comparison

Is there a word for the subject(s) of a comparison - things being subjected to a comparison? This article seems to use 'object', dictionaries tend to use the word 'thing'; but it seems to make sense to be able to talk about the "comparatees", being identified solely as subject(s) of a comparison, regardless of just what they are. I was thinking of the word 'criterion', but that tends to represent a standard against which things are measured. 'comparable' is good, but it is an adjective, not a noun. (20040302)

I don't think so. The OED has such senses for comparate, comparative, and comparison, but labels all as obscure, and comparison in that sense as rare as well. Ruakh 19:18, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Ruakh, thank-you so very much. Based on your suggestion, a Google turned up Webster 1913: Comparate n.(Logic) One of two things compared together. I note your reference as to it's obscurity. (20040302 20:23, 1 April 2006 (UTC))

In the modern theoretical comparative literature, I have seen terms such as target for the entity in subject position and standard for the other. A rather confusing one I have seen is referent for what I have called target above. mitcho/芳貴 22:50, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Globalise

This article, despite not being about English grammar in particular, goes on and on about how comparison is expressed in English. This is not appropriate for an article that, by its name, should probably be dealing with comparison on a much more general scale. Including examples from grammar is a good idea, but as many languages express comparison differently, the section should be globalised to include examples from other languages (and preferably not just European ones). 70.132.3.92 00:39, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Are you just gonna tag it and then not fix it? Be bold and do it! J. D. Redding 14:50, 2 May 2007 (UTC) (ps., this tag should be removed, JIMO)

The problem with just being bold and doing it, is that, if this page turns into yet another dab page, most of its content will be stripped bear due to the overly anal dab guidelines. No thanks; keep it an article of a list of comparison-related topics (which all dab pages should be, I believe). ∞Σɛ_Þ² ^(τ|c) 23:16, 8 July 2007 (UTC)