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Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:30 PM

Is it comprable or comparable?? Or are they........

2 different words, with different meanings. Help.

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Reply Is it comprable or comparable?? Or are they........ (Original post)
mrmpa Jul 2012 OP
fizzgig Jul 2012 #1
mrmpa Jul 2012 #2
Wounded Bear Jul 2012 #3
HopeHoops Jul 2012 #4

Response to mrmpa (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:32 PM

1. comparable

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/comparable

com·pa·ra·ble (kom-per-uh-buhl or, sometimes, kuhm-pair-)

adjective

1. capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
2. worthy of comparison: shops comparable to those on Fifth Avenue.
3. usable for comparison; similar: We have no comparable data on Russian farming.

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Response to fizzgig (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:34 PM

2. Thank you, now let me go .......

rub it in to my 82 year old mother that I was right. lol

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Response to fizzgig (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:36 PM

3. That's the proper term....

though it is often said with only 3 syllables.

"Comp-rable"

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Response to mrmpa (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:01 PM

4. "Constable Clitoris"

 

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