>If you are comparing things
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>doing a comparison
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>is there a word for what you are comparing
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>The reason I ask is that someone just asked me how you spell comparisant and I don't think thats a word.

I might be wrong, but I don't think it is a word. (I do hear it every now and then from non-English speakers though so maybe they know the language better) I think with comparison you use the correct term to describe what you are comparing: items, objects, qualities, traits, numbers, size, age, etc...