Meaning & use
comparable
Similar enough to another thing to allow a fair or useful comparison.
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The two apartments are comparable in size, though one costs much more.
Her salary is comparable to that of other managers with similar experience.
A note on using this word
Comparable is typically stressed on the first syllable and should not be confused with comparable meaning capable of comparing.
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