"a comparison between A and B" or "a comparison of A and B"?

As a side note, if you were to change "comparison" to "difference" (the difference between A and B, etc), then it would matter, and "of" would be wrong. They ... EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore "acomparisonbetweenAandB"or"acomparisonofAandB"? AskQuestion Asked 8years,11monthsago Active 5years,9monthsago Viewed 139ktimes 13 7 WhenIhavetocomparetwothingsAandB,canIsay"acomparisonbetweenAandB"or"acomparisonofAandB".Whichisbest? sentence-constructioncomparison Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedMar9'13at22:15 WendiKidd 14.4k44goldbadges4040silverbadges6666bronzebadges askedFeb7'13at14:48 JCLLJCLL 60933goldbadges66silverbadges1212bronzebadges Addacomment  |  3Answers 3 Active Oldest Score 16 Tokeepthingssuper-dupersimple: Botharefine.Theymeanexactlythesamething. Useeitherone.Noonewillmisunderstandyou.Bothareequallycommonineverydayusage.Infact,ifanything,Iwouldsaythat"acomparisonofAandB"isperhapsmorecommon,eventhoughitmaysoundslightlylesscorrect.ThisNgramwouldseemtobackmeup. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedApr26'16at13:50 AlanCarmack 11.8k22goldbadges2020silverbadges5252bronzebadges answeredFeb7'13at16:45 KenBellowsKenBellows 4,21111goldbadge2222silverbadges3535bronzebadges 4 4 Asasidenote,ifyouweretochange"comparison"to"difference"(thedifferencebetweenAandB,etc),thenitwouldmatter,and"of"wouldbewrong.Theyaresimilarphrases,soIthoughtIshouldpointitout. – KenBellows Feb7'13at16:53 2 +1Youmightaddthat'with'and'to'alsowork.Also,itmightbejudicioustoaddalinktotheNGram,souserscanseejustwhatparametersyouemployed-andplayaroundwiththem,ashere – StoneyBonhiatus Feb7'13at17:09 Goodpoint.Iaddedlinksontheimageandthe"ThisNgram"text. – KenBellows Feb7'13at17:12 1 Ilovethescreamingheadline. – J.R. ♦ Feb7'13at20:52 Addacomment  |  0 IfyoucompareAwithB,thenthecomparisonisbetweenAandB.Youcouldalsosay"comparisonofAwithB"asinthefollowingsentence. Theimmediacyofeffectisassessedbothwiththeobserveddatafromphases1and2,andacomparisonoftheobserveddatainphase2withtheprojecteddatafromphase1. Youcouldalsosay"comparisonofAandB"asinthefollowingsentence. Counselingsmokingparentsofyoungchildren:comparisonofpediatriciansandfamilyphysidans. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredFeb7'13at15:07 apadernoapaderno 20.2k4040goldbadges102102silverbadges175175bronzebadges 0 Addacomment  |  0 Youusebetweenwhenyouarecomparingtwothingsandamongwhencomparingmorethantwothings. Ex. Betweenmybrotherandsister,mybrotheriseasilythemostspoiled. Tomisthesmartestamongmyfriends. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJun16'20at9:11 CommunityBot 1 answeredFeb7'13at15:16 SquazicSquazic 2,2831414silverbadges2222bronzebadges 1 4 Idon'tseehowyouransweraddressesthequestionasked.Theposterseemstobeinterestedinthecorrectnessoftheexpressionsindicated,notintheusageofbetweenandamong. – Paola Feb7'13at18:10 Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. 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