(anthropology, sociology, ethics) A type of descriptive ethics, focused on studying the nature and origins of beliefs about morality held by people in diverse social or cultural groups.

(linguistics) A branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages in order to establish their historical relatedness.

(grammar) In Spanish: the superlative form of an adjective when it is used in a grammatically comparative situation.

(grammar) A case used to mark a likeness to something, or that two things have the same quantity of something. It corresponds roughly to the English adverb "like". Languages that use the comparative case include Mari, Nivkh, and Chechen.

To distress oneself by comparing one's own situation with that of others who seem more successful.

plural of comparative degree

plural of comparable function

plural of comparative case

the study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of organisms

linguist whose field is comparative linguistics.