different between comparable vs correlative

English

Etymology

From Middle French comparable, from Latin compar?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?mp(?)??bl?/, /k?m?pæ??bl?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?mp(?)??bl?/, /k?m?pæ??bl?/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /k?m?p???bl?/

Adjective

comparable (comparative more comparable, superlative most comparable)

1. (often with to) Able to be compared (to).

2. (often with to) Similar (to); like.
3. (mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.

4. (grammar) Said of an adjective that has a comparative and superlative form.

Usage notes

The pronunciation /?k?mp(?)??bl?/ is not possible with sense 4.

Related terms

• comparability
• comparableness
• incomparable
• uncomparable
• non-comparable, noncomparable

Translations

Noun

comparable (plural comparables)

1. Something suitable for comparison.

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin compar?bilis.

Adjective

comparable (epicene, plural comparables)

1. comparable

Related terms

• comparar
• incomparable

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin compar?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kom.p???a.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kum.p???a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kom.pa??a.ble/

Adjective

comparable (masculine and feminine plural comparables)

1. comparable

   Antonym: incomparable

Derived terms

• comparablement

Related terms

• comparar
• incomparable

Further reading

• “comparable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Latin compar?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.pa.?abl/

Adjective

comparable (plural comparables)

1. comparable (suitable to be compared)

Related terms

• comparabilité

Further reading

• “comparable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• comparábel

Etymology

From Latin compar?bilis.

Adjective

comparable m or f (plural comparables)

1. comparable

Related terms

• comparar
• incomparábel / incomparable

Further reading

• “comparable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin compar?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompa??able/, [kõm.pa??a.??le]

Adjective

comparable (plural comparables)

1. comparable

   Antonym: incomparable

Related terms

• comparar
• incomparable

Further reading

• “comparable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

correlate +? -ive

Adjective

correlative (comparative more correlative, superlative most correlative)

1. Mutually related; corresponding.

   • If we reinterpret these phenomena in terms of a consistently
     game-playing model of behavior, the need to distinguish be-
     tween primary and secondary gains disappears. The correla-
     tive necessity to estimate the relative significance of physio-
     logical needs and dammed-up impulses on the one hand, and
     of social and interpersonal factors on the other, also vanishes.
     Since needs and impulses cannot be said to exist in human
     social life without specified rules for dealing with them, in-
     stinctual needs cannot be considered solely in terms of biologi-
     cal rules, but must also be viewed in terms of their psycho-
     social significance—that is, as parts of the game.

Translations

Noun

correlative (plural correlatives)

1. Either of two correlative things.
2. (grammar) A pro-form; a non-personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbial form

Translations

Italian

Adjective

correlative

1. feminine plural of correlativo