relative and comparative

[yangfenglin]

What's the difference between these two words?

 

[bhaisahab]

What's the difference between these two words?

Have you looked them up in a dictionary?

 

[yangfenglin]

yeah, but still I can't tell the difference. For example, in dictionary, there are both "relative comfort" and "comparative comfort". Are they the same?

 

[Johnson_F]

Relatively speaking, there is comparatively little difference beteen the two words, or, to put it another way: comparatively speaking, there is relatively little difference between the two words.

 

[bhaisahab]

"Relative", as a noun also means a member of your family. Your uncle, for example, is a relative of yours. "Comparative" cannot be used in this way.