interesting comparison

collocation in English

meaningsofinterestingandcomparison

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interesting
adjective
uk
/ˈɪn.trə.stɪŋ/
us
/ˈɪn.trɪ.stɪŋ/
Someone or something that is interesting keeps your attention because he, she, or it is unusual, exciting, or has a lot ...
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comparison
noun[C or U]
uk
/kəmˈpær.ɪ.sən/
us
/kəmˈper.ɪ.sən/
the act of comparing two or more people ...
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(Definition ofinterestingandcomparisonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinteresting comparison

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The section provides aninterestingcomparisonof various investigations.
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Here traveling by car and traveling by air are aninterestingcomparison.
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Theinterestingcomparisonis therefore between (45a, b), which have the same empirical effect, and (45c).
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This new representation will lead to aninterestingcomparisonof needed rewrite sequences and leftmost outermost rewriting with case expressions.
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The visual systems of the cat and the monkey have been studied extensively in the past and provide aninterestingcomparison.
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Oneinterestingcomparisonis between professionals in the monopoly and in the open sectors.
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One otherinterestingcomparisonbetween the two modes of instability is worth noting.
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Closely proximate in time, these transcriptions bearinterestingcomparison, and it is extremely helpful to have them published together in this form.
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In this article, the particularlyinterestingcomparisonis between the failure of the envy test in the labour auction and its failure under the insurance mechanism.
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Here again, there is aninterestingcomparisonto be made.
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It would be a veryinterestingcomparisonindeed.
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It is aninterestingcomparison, and one could go on dealing with it for a long time.
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I think that here there is aninterestingcomparison.
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That is aninterestingcomparison: one a political issue and the other a moral issue.
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It is aninterestingcomparisonand the ratio is about 20:1.
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Here is aninterestingcomparisonof achievement in the supply of electricity to farms and crofts.
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There was aninterestingcomparisonto be drawn with 1954.
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In fact, one can make aninterestingcomparisonbetween the state of the quarrying industry now and at the beginning of the century.
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