Comparison (disambiguation)
# 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, 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
