different between comparable vs comparator

English

Etymology

From Middle French comparable, from Latin compar?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?mp(?)??bl?/, /k?m?pæ??bl?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?mp(?)??bl?/, /k?m?pæ??bl?/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /k?m?p???bl?/

Adjective

comparable (comparative more comparable, superlative most comparable)

1. (often with to) Able to be compared (to).

2. (often with to) Similar (to); like.
3. (mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.

4. (grammar) Said of an adjective that has a comparative and superlative form.

Usage notes

The pronunciation /?k?mp(?)??bl?/ is not possible with sense 4.

Related terms

• comparability
• comparableness
• incomparable
• uncomparable
• non-comparable, noncomparable

Translations

Noun

comparable (plural comparables)

1. Something suitable for comparison.

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin compar?bilis.

Adjective

comparable (epicene, plural comparables)

1. comparable

Related terms

• comparar
• incomparable

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin compar?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kom.p???a.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kum.p???a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kom.pa??a.ble/

Adjective

comparable (masculine and feminine plural comparables)

1. comparable

   Antonym: incomparable

Derived terms

• comparablement

Related terms

• comparar
• incomparable

Further reading

• “comparable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Latin compar?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.pa.?abl/

Adjective

comparable (plural comparables)

1. comparable (suitable to be compared)

Related terms

• comparabilité

Further reading

• “comparable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• comparábel

Etymology

From Latin compar?bilis.

Adjective

comparable m or f (plural comparables)

1. comparable

Related terms

• comparar
• incomparábel / incomparable

Further reading

• “comparable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin compar?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompa??able/, [kõm.pa??a.??le]

Adjective

comparable (plural comparables)

1. comparable

   Antonym: incomparable

Related terms

• comparar
• incomparable

Further reading

• “comparable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Noun

comparator (plural comparators)

1. Any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard.
2. An electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data.
3. (law) anything that serves comparison

Synonyms

Translations

References

• comparator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kom.pa?ra?.tor/, [k?mpä??ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.pa?ra.tor/, [k?mp?????t??r]

Etymology 1

Verb forms.

Verb

compar?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of compar?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of compar?

Etymology 2

compar? +? -tor

Noun

compar?tor m (genitive compar?t?ris); third declension

1. a comparer
2. (Late Latin) a purchaser, buyer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: comprador
• Italian: compratore
• Occitan: crompador
• Portuguese: comprador
• Spanish: comprador

References

• comparator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• comparator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French comparateur.

Noun

comparator n (plural comparatoare)

1. comparator

Declension