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"comparison" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often analogy (7 letters).
Definitions
the act of examining resemblances
Word origin
From Middle English comparisoun, from Old French comparison, from Latin comparātiō, from comparātus, perfect passive participle of comparō.
Used in a sentence
“to bring a thing into comparison with another”
“there is no comparison between them”
“Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Looking for likeness”10 letters
02“Side-by-side check”10 letters
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