comparandum

a thing that is to be compared with something else
pl. comparanda

teacher: "Now that you have read this poem, here is another poem which makes an interesting comparandum. Do you notice any similarities between them?"

by nkwr November 19, 2011

comparand

A thing that may be or is being compared to something else.

In the Boolean expression x < y+2, x and y+2 are the two comparands.

by Teeesen October 19, 2012