comparison table vs comparative table

Both 'comparison table' and 'comparative table' are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They refer to a table that displays a comparison between different items or entities. The choice between the two may depend on personal preference or regional variations.

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comparison table

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to a table that displays a comparison between different items or entities.

This phrase is used to describe a table that presents a comparison between different items, such as features, prices, or characteristics.

Examples:

The comparison table shows the differences between the two products.
I created a comparison table to help me decide which option is better.

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You can read a short overview of their main features or view a detailed comparison table.
Please refer to the product comparison table for details.
Check out Fiery JobFlow page and the comparison table for more details.
A very good comparison table about the features of the most famous control boards is available on the OddCopter website.
Please refer to the product comparison table for details.
Here is the comparison table of the most popular Employee Monitoring Software:
The comparison table is always kept up to date.
February 26th, 2009 We added new product to our comparison table - Spector Pro 2009 build 5317.
To check for applicable models, please refer to the product comparison table on the QNAP website.
Technical data comparison table of all the electric foodslicers for sale in this site
Below there is quick comparison table among 2SC787, BFY90 and BF183
There are also commercial versions of the product: Professional, Server, Unlimited, Technician; a comparison table helps to choose the version more suitable for your needs.
April 18th, 2008 You are welcome to read the testing results of KGB Spy 4.55 here and its review here iMonitorPC Pro added to our comparison table!
The program has only few disadvantages, though some of them worth a lot of scores in our comparison table: zero-file activity monitoring, only one-side interception of the messages in chats, total absence of parental control functions.
So, there is a lot of advantages, and each of them adds eBlaster a lot of points in our comparison table.
As I did in the previous review on Raspberry PI 2, I have executed the benchmark of Roy Longbottom and then you can see the comparison table on the previous models which I have prepared for the occasion.
Comparison table for both new and existing buildings
See also the Comparison Table on this subject.
See also the Comparison Table for adviced unit/gear matching.
Comparison table for the prices of SMS

Alternatives:

comparison chart
comparison matrix
comparison spreadsheet
comparison diagram
comparison grid

comparative table

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to a table that displays a comparison between different items or entities.

This phrase is also used to describe a table that presents a comparison between different items, such as features, prices, or characteristics.

Examples:

The comparative table highlights the similarities and differences between the two models.
She prepared a comparative table to analyze the data more effectively.

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Book System - Hypothesis of comparative table of data.
See a comparative table of EU, NATO, WEU and Member States' security classifications in Appendix 1.
Could it also supply a comparative table setting out the position in each Member State, specifying the number of directives whose transposition has been delayed, together with a list of the directives which Portugal has failed to transpose in time?
Will it also provide a comparative table regarding the take-up of Community funds (and the take-up rate) in respect of the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund for all the new Member States of the EU over the same period?
Your rapporteur asks the new European Supervisory Authority to compile a comparative table exhibiting the differences in national liability regimes.
Because of this ambiguity and pluralism of usage I have attempted, in Late-Modern Architecture, to disentangle the thirty main definers of Modern, Late-Modern and Post-Modern architecture and place them together in a comparative table.
The last two balance sheets and profit and loss accounts drawn up by the issuer set out as a comparative table.
Table updated! October 25th, 2007 New versions of keyloggers have been tested and added to the comparative table.
We reassure that there will be no misunderstandings regarding your requests and/or any supplies, and is already available and sufficent tested a new line of products. Soon we will publish the comparative table.
Please refer to the comparative table above. IRIS Srl reserves the right to make changes to product specifications without notice.
Overview of the best employee monitoring software for Windows You can also get acquainted with a comparative table of staff monitoring software by the most demanded functions of such type of products.
IRISPallOptimizer is distributed in the versions Lite, Base, Plus and Advanced. Compare the differences using the comparative table below and download the version that best suits your needs.
A comparative table showing the distribution of the same funding in the various EU Member States for 2005/2006?
(b) a technical and financial assessment of each tender, including a comparative table of unit prices;
ntopng is released in three different versions: Community, Professional and Enterprise. The various features are shown in the following comparative table.
Will the Commission provide a comparative table showing the take-up rates of Community appropriations from the Cohesion Fund in the other Member States for the same programming period?
in the comparative table of Latin names and common names, the entry for squalus acanthias (spurdog/dogfish) is replaced by the following:
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following comparative table of Latin names and common names is provided:
Can the Commission provide a comparative table of the pre-tax price of crude oil and petrol (euro-super 95) in the Member States from the beginning of 2008 to date (a) at the pump and (b) ex-refinery?
All officials or nationals authorised to have access to the classified information released by the Commission shall have a national security clearance or authorisation for access, to an appropriate level equivalent to that of the EU, as defined in the comparative table;

Alternatives:

comparative chart
comparative matrix
comparative spreadsheet
comparative diagram
comparative grid

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