different between comparative vs collateral

English

Etymology

From Middle French comparatif, from Latin comparativus, equivalent to comparatus, from comparare (“to compare”) + -ive, from Latin -ivus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?m?pæ?.?.t?v/
• (General American) enPR: k?m?p?r-?-t?v
  • (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /k?m?pæ?.?.t?v/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /k?m?p??.?.t?v/
• (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)
• Hyphenation: com?par?a?tive

Adjective

comparative (comparative more comparative, superlative most comparative)

1. Of or relating to comparison.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

   • 1773, James Burnett, Of the Origin and Progress of Language

     that kind of animals that have the comparative faculty, by which they compare things together, deliberate and resolve

2. Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.

3. Approximated by comparison; relative.
   • 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences

     The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.

   • 1692, Richard Bentley, A Confutation of Atheism

     This bubble, […] by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that encloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top.

4. (obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.137:

     And need he had of slumber yet, for none / Had suffered more—his hardships were comparative / To those related in my grand-dad's Narrative.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

comparative (plural comparatives)

1. (grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
2. (grammar) A word in the comparative form.
3. (chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
4. (obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.

   • Gerrard ever was / His full comparative.

5. (obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Pt. 1, III.ii.67:

     Every beardless vain comparative.

Synonyms

• (grammar: degree): comparative degree

Translations

Related terms

• absolute, absolute superlative, relative superlative, comparative superlative
• degrees of comparison
• superlative

See also

• contrastive

References

• “comparative”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “comparative” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "comparative" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

• vampire taco

French

Adjective

comparative

1. feminine singular of comparatif

Italian

Adjective

comparative

1. feminine plural of comparativo

Anagrams

• comparivate
• crepitavamo

Latin

Adjective

compar?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of compar?t?vus

References

• comparative in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

English

Etymology

Recorded since c.1378, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collater?lis, from Latin col- (“together with”) (a form of con-) + the stem of latus (“side”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??læt???l/
• Rhymes: -æt???l

Adjective

collateral (not comparable)

1. Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
2. Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
   • 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion

     Yet the attempt may give
     Collateral interest to this homely tale.

3. Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.

   Synonyms: tangential, subordinate, ancillary
4. (genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
5. (finance) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
6. (finance) Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
7. Coming or directed along the side.

8. Acting in an indirect way.
9. (biology, of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.

Derived terms

Related terms

• lateral

Translations

Noun

collateral (countable and uncountable, plural collaterals)

1. (finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.

   Synonym: pledge
2. (now rare, genealogy) A collateral (not linear) family member.
3. (anatomy) A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.

4. (marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
5. (anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
6. (archaic) A contemporary or rival.

Derived terms

• marketing collateral

Related terms

• lateral

Translations

See also

• mortgage

Further reading

• collateral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• collateral (finance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• marketing collateral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia