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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIs it comprable or comparable?? Or are they........
2 different words, with different meanings. Help.
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Is it comprable or comparable?? Or are they........ (Original Post)
mrmpa
Jul 2012
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fizzgig
(24,146 posts)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.
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.
mrmpa
(4,033 posts)2. Thank you, now let me go .......
rub it in to my 82 year old mother that I was right. lol
Wounded Bear
(63,970 posts)3. That's the proper term....
though it is often said with only 3 syllables.
"Comp-rable"
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)4. "Constable Clitoris"