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

(grammar) The form of an adverb or adjective that is used when comparing two things.

(mathematics) Either of a pair of functions that have the same domain and that the values of one are equal to or greater than the other for all points in that domain.

(linguistics) A technique for studying the development of languages by performing a feature-by-feature comparison of two or more languages with a common ancestor.

(economics) The ability to produce a particular good at a lower relative opportunity cost than another producer.

The academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, cultural and national boundaries.

alternative form of noncomparable

plural of absolute comparative

(grammar) The use of a comparative to indicate a relatively high degree of some quality, without explicitly making a comparison, as in "higher education".

(linguistics) A kind of comparative sentence that superficially seems acceptable but actually has no clear meaning. Example: "More people have been to Russia than I have."