Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY
688 words | Chapter 12
#27. [Sameness of quantity or degree.] Equality.—N. equality,
parity, coextension[obs3], symmetry, balance, poise; evenness,
monotony, level. equivalence; equipollence[obs3], equipoise,
equilibrium, equiponderance[obs3]; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to
choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen
of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum[Lat]; identity &c. 13;
similarity &c. 17. equalization, equation; equilibration,
co*ordination, adjustment, readjustment; drawn game, drawn battle; neck
and neck race; tie, draw, standoff, dead heat. match, peer, compeer,
equal, mate, fellow, brother; equivalent. V. be equal &c. adj.; equal,
match, reach, keep pace with, run abreast; come to, amount to, come up
to; be on a level with, lie on a level with; balance; cope with; come
to the same thing. render equal &c. adj.; equalize level, dress,
balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim,
adjust, poise; fit, accommodate; adapt &c. (render accordant) 23;
strike a balance; establish equality, restore equality, restore
equilibrium; readjust; stretch on the bed of Procrustes. Adj. equal,
even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate; on a par
with, on a level with, on a footing with; up to the mark;
equiparant[obs3]. equivalent, tantamount; indistinguishable; quits;
homologous; synonymous &c. 522; resolvable into, convertible, much at
one, as broad as long, neither more nor less.; much the same as, the
same thing as, as good as; all one, all the same; equipollent,
equiponderant[obs3], equiponderous[obs3], equibalanced[obs3]; equalized
&c. v.; drawn; half and half; isochronal, isochronous
isoperimetric[obs3], isoperimetrical[obs3]; isobath[Oceanography],
isobathic[Oceanography]. Adv. equally &c. adj.; pari passu[Lat], ad
eundum[Lat], caeteris paribus[Lat]; in equilibrio[Lat]; to all intents
and purposes.
Phr. it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing;
what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
#28. [Difference of quantity or degree.] Inequality.—N. inequality;
disparity, imparity; odds; difference &c. 15; unevenness; inclination
of the balance, partiality, bias, weight; shortcoming; casting weight,
make- weight; superiority &c. 33; inferiority &c. 34; inequation[obs3].
V. be unequal &c. adj.; countervail; have the advantage, give the
advantage; turn the scale; kick the beam; topple, topple over;
overmatch &c. 33; not come up to &c. 34. Adj. unequal, uneven,
disparate, partial; unbalanced, overbalanced; top-heavy, lopsided,
biased, skewed; disquiparant[obs3]. Adv. haud passibus aequis
[Latin][Vergil].
#29. Mean.—N. mean, average; median, mode; balance, medium,
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mediocrity, generality; golden mean &c. (mid-course) 628; middle &c.
68;
compromise &c. 774; middle course, middle state; neutrality.
mediocrity, least common denominator.
V. split the difference; take the average &c. n.; reduce to a mean
&c.
n.; strike a balance, pair off.
Adj. mean, intermediate; middle &c. 68; average; neutral.
mediocre, middle-class; commonplace &c. (unimportant) 643.
Adv. on an average, in the long run; taking one with another,
taking
all things together, taking it for all in all; communibus annis[Lat],
in
round numbers.
Phr. medium tenuere beati[Lat].
#30. Compensation.—N. compensation, equation; commutation;
indemnification; compromise &c. 774 neutralization, nullification;
counteraction &c. 179; reaction; measure for measure, retaliation &c.
718 equalization &c. 27; robbing Peter to pay Paul. set-off, offset;
make-weight, casting-weight; counterpoise, ballast; indemnity,
equivalent, quid pro quo; bribe, hush money; amends &c. (atonement)
952; counterbalance, counterclaim; cross-debt, cross-demand. V. make
compensation; compensate, compense[obs3]; indemnify; counteract,
countervail, counterpoise; balance; outbalance[obs3], overbalance,
counterbalance; set off; hedge, square, give and take; make up for, lee
way; cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify; equalize &c. 27; make good;
redeem &c. (atone) 952. Adj. compensating, compensatory; countervailing
&c. v.; in the opposite scale; equivalent &c. (equal) 27. Adv. in
return, in consideration; but, however, yet, still, notwithstanding;
nevertheless, nathless[obs3], none the less; although, though; albeit,
howbeit; mauger[obs3]; at all events, at any rate; be that as it may,
for all that, even so, on the other, hand, at the same time, quoad
minus[Lat], quand meme[Fr], however that may be; after all is said and
done; taking one thing with another &c. (average) 29. Phr. "light is
mingled with the gloom" [Whittier]; every dark cloud has a silver
lining; primo avulso non deficit alter [Lat][obs3][Vergil]; saepe creat
molles aspera spina rosas [Lat][Ovid].
QUANTITY BY COMPARISON WITH A STANDARD
#31. Greatness.—N. greatness &c. adj.; magnitude; size &c.
(dimensions) 192; multitude &c. (number) 102; immensity; enormity;
infinity &c. 105; might, strength, intensity, fullness; importance &c.
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