comparison vs relationship

comparison

noun
  • An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other. 

  • The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts. 

  • That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude. 

  • 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. 

relationship

noun
  • Connection or association; the condition of being related. 

  • The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones. 

  • The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates. 

  • Kinship; being related by blood or marriage. 

  • A romantic or sexual involvement. 

  • A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other 

How often have the words comparison and relationship occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )