Definitions
estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
Word origin
From Middle English comparatif, from Middle French comparatif, from Latin comparātīvus, equivalent to comparātus, from comparāre (“to compare”) + -ive, from Latin -īvus.
Used in a sentence
“He gave us a comparative example to illustrate how the human mind works.”
“that kind of animals that have the comparative faculty, by which they compare things together, deliberate and resolve.”
“A comparative study between Homo Sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Side-by-side”11 letters
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