direct comparison
Explicit likening of two
Direct comparison is the act of placing two or more things side by side to evaluate their similarities and differences: A direct comparison of the two candidates' voting records reveals sharp contrasts.
The phrase emphasizes an unmediated, explicit assessment rather than indirect inference or separate evaluations: The study allowed direct comparison between treatment groups.
- contrastNotable difference between things
- side by sideAdjacent and parallel
- side-by-sidePositioned next to another
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
measure · weigh · versus · matching · parallel · head-to-head · toe to toe · neck and neck · evaluate · put to the test · rank · score · test · trial · balance · scale · yardstick · metric
- comparisonsanalogy, metaphor, simile, allegory, parable
- figurative languagemetaphor, simile, figure of speech, analogy, personification
- showdownsshowdown, face-off, faceoff, confrontation, duel
direct comparisonmetaphor
Implied identity comparison
analogy · allusion · insinuation · implication · allegory
direct, directly, direction, directions, directional, director, directors, directive, directives