noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ favourable/favorable , unfavourable/unfavorable
▪ fair , unfair
▪ broad , crude ( esp. BrE ), simple
▪ accurate , careful , close , detailed , direct
▪ meaningful , useful , valid
▪ apt , good , interesting
▪ inevitable
▪ performance , price , etc.
▪
a price-comparison site
VERB + COMPARISON
▪ draw , make , perform
▪
It's difficult to make a direct comparison—the two things are so different.
▪ allow , enable , facilitate , permit
▪ invite
▪
The similarity between the two invites ~.
▪ bear , stand
▪
Our problems don't bear ~ with those elsewhere.
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~ (with)
▪
Jane is still young, and Fiona seems old by ~.
▪ for ~
▪
Let's put them side by side for ~.
▪ in ~ to , in ~ with
▪
The glasses are small in ~ with the old ones.
▪ ~ between
▪
a ~ between figures for last year and this year
▪ ~ with
▪
a ~ with other schools
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of unemployment rates over the past 15 years
PHRASES
▪ a basis for ~
▪
to provide a basis for ~
▪ a point of ~
▪ for the purposes of ~