That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.
The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
A simile.
With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.
External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.