You should just call this video "Why Little Mix and Fifth Harmony BOTH Slay Vocally". Why do we always have to have a 'battle'. Sick and tired of this shit. Good video, but I just don't like people comparing or that it always has to be that way. Love both groups
I feel like some people make these videos so Harmonizers and Mixers could fight. But I think both groups vocals are on point and there harmony is amazing so both win.💖 #Hamormixers
Little Mix have more complex creativity to their harmonies, their voices are very powerful as well. 5H sound amazing too. But Little Mix will always be vocally superior.
marco crespo you're wrong.... It's 8 girls only because Camila left the group already but in this video she's included so they can also be called 9 girls
I think the video is fair for the most part but this channel has 25k subs and i'm going to assume the majority of them/ if not all are harmonizers, so obviously the comment section is going to be biased to FH.
Josefine Neuchs honestly as a fan of both I love these just because I get to watch a series of videos of all my queens, I never actually compare them and choose a winner
LITTLE MIX! But this video was really really fair! Great job! P.S. Mixers, did you notice that their voices in The End were too deep? They weren't like that in the original clip of The End?
Team Fifth Harmony Reply This Comment!!! Team Little Mix Like This Comment!!! Let's See Who Win? By The Way I Am With Fifth Harmony, But I Love Little Mix At The Same Time!
Perrie's voice is just amazing Jade's voice is powerful but can also be soft and gentle Leigh-Anne's vocals just keep improving Jesy's voice is so unique I love it Dinah's voice is legendary Lauren's raspiness is amazing Normani's voice is so calming Ally's voice blows me away omg her belts Idk that other girl tho?
5HxLM so if a group of murderers harmonized better than 5H (which they obviously wouldn't) would you prefer the group of murderers just because they can harmonize better?
Lauren Is Daddy don't you think that's a bit extreme? There's nothing wrong with liking both groups and recognizing the other side's strengths. They're both great. It shouldn't be that big of a deal that she prefers Little Mix's harmonies.
Both groups slay, I love how in the last clip 5h were singing a LM song, Move, it shows that they really do respect each other even though there is a huge rivalry between the fandoms, why can't we just support both groups, they really deserve all of the love.
Abby10488 Lauren has the raspiness of the voice Dinah can do high note and a sweet falsetto Ally can belt out high notes Normani can WHISTLE and hit high notes too
Both are extremely talented! Little Mix is really good at performing live and harmonizing really good! Fifth Harmony I feel like they have more diversity and more different voices yet they are still able to harmonize and sound like heaven! Love both
This was a really fair video. I love how even tho you're a harmonizer you didn't try to make Little mix look bad. Im a harmonizer too but I think both did equally well :)
EimyyC dope harmony actually pulled some if my favorite LM performances that they usually put in these videos. This is a harmonizer channel so of course they know the best 5h performances. But I'm a mixer and i think it was really fair considering the odds. You should watch this channel tho. Its funny
All of them can sing but imma go with Little Mix...I still am a bigger fan of 5H but they gotta step it up. *SIDENOTE: Next time, don't use clips with camila. Use the new 5H for future comparisons.
I love both groups but little mix has consistently good vocals, 5H needs more practice so they get less out of breath. Hopefully the new 5H3 era brings it
Fifth Harmony has and will always have my heart, but they're both amazing! Honestly, people should stop pitting them against each other, we should all just be grateful that these two girls groups are dominating the world, we should pull them all up, not diminish one to try to uplift the other. That's what empowerment is all about come on, I'm personally grateful for each one of them and they both better keep slaying.
I'm not surprised people are choosing 5H over LM because this is a 5H account and the subs are overall 5H fans, but y'all gotta admit... LM has better vocals,breath control etc. It's not that I don't like 5H it's the truth
5H singing move gives me life 😍😍😍. honestly I rather not choose 'cause they are both absolutely amazing. why choose when you can love both ❤❤❤ ALLYSUS PLEASE HELP ME WITH THAT LM/5H COLLAB
In terms of singles, I would definitely be on Fifth Harmony's side. They have fantastic singles and Little Mix's management sucks ass, but when it comes to harmonies, the crown goes to Little Mix. Little Mix's harmonies are more advanced than Fifth Harmony's. I feel like 5H harmonize covers much better than their own songs, however the acoustic version of Worth It is amazing. Both are utterly amazing, tbh.
Litte Mix!!!! having seen this and other videos...I love how their voices been so different can be put together in a harmony and sound so united...that's insane and really hard to do!!
Hunter Miller I know your comment is two years old, but I’m here to say that Little Mix’s voices aren’t similar at all. Perrie has the powerhouse vocals like Ally does and she can reach whistle notes like Normani can. Jade has a softer voice with falsetto abilities like Dinah and Camila, but she can also belt with power like Dinah can. Leigh Anne has a sweet tone that I would like to compare to both Lauren and Normani and she has a growl that is just perfection. Finally, Jesy has a voice that is unlike any other voice I have heard, because her vibrato is naturally slower and it makes it gorgeous. She can reach down to the 2nd octave too for low notes, which is incredible, so she can sing those lower tones. I also like fifth harmony, but their voices are more similar than Little Mix’s voices are. It’s because their voices are so different that their harmonies blend together so well and they sound cleaner when they harmonize on stage and during shows. This video was very fair and shows that the 5H girls can in fact harmonize, but I personally prefer Little Mix’s sound and music.
1Love2Live3Laugh little mix’s voices are more alike than fifth harmony’s if that makes sense. like there’s times when they sound alike but everyone in 5H had very different voices
Giancarlo Hicks the only two in LM that have even remotely similar voices are Leigh and Jade. I can hear similarities in Lauren and Normani, Ally and Dinah. They are different, but they do have similarities. I will say that Leigh and Jade can sound similar, but they also sound different when you take the time to learn their voices.
Love them both, but I'm gonna go with my girls Little Mix. Love them, but I also can't deny Fifth Harmony. Both are super talented and I would love a collab.
Tanner Miller - Wtf did he/she do? All he/she said was that he likes Fifth Harmony better. He never said anything about little mix. And all you mixers sayin that we Harmonizers drag you guys, you guys clearly don't read
Both are amazing, I'm a harmonizer and a mixer. It makes me really sad that mostly harmonizers are the ones, who comment bad stuff about Little Mix and there's a really small chance to see a mixer drag 5H in a comment section. As I said, both are amazing, we shouldn't compare and drag, we should enjoy and support both groups. They promote girl power, equality and all that stuff, yet fans can't enjoy the music and the groups without dragging someone.
Laura Kupča,, Actually, it's both groups. It's just wrong, but of course the two fandoms will fight and prove their group is better. The word "better", in this case is stupid. Their no such thing as, "Little Mix is better" or "Fifth Harmony is Better". I hate the word better. Their is nothing wrong with saying "Fifth Harmonys My Fav" or with little mix. But you can't say which group is "better". Personally. I'm a hardcore HARMONIZER, but I don't mind Little Mix. Both are great. No need to argue. But there's nothing we can do about it, sadly. Go check Little Mix's "Power" Video, has so much mean things about 5H. So does Fifth Harmony's "Down". The fandoms these days lol
Figueroa Pictures no, I completely understand and agree with you. Just I personally see harmonizers dragging LM more than Mixers dragging 5H, but it obviously happens on the both sides unfortunately
Luis Hernandez I won't say it's not true, I'm sure there's a ton of mixers who drag 5H. Just personally I've seen harmonizers drag LM more than mixers dragging 5H.
*WHO SLAYS IN FIFTH HARMONY AND LITTLE MIX?* *ally* them fucking high notes and belts *jesy* voice so fragile yet powerful *dinah* on cloud 9 with those beautiful adlibs and runs *leigh-anne* live for that vocal range and always improving *lauren* the raspiness and soul in her voice though *perrie* take me to fucking church bitch *normani* whistle notes higher than the ceiling *jade* always feel so happy with her pretty and soft tone *ALL OF THEM SLAY* (posting this everywhere to spread positivity)
Finally the harmonizers are taking over this video!!♥️ give up to my girls(5H) and our little mix and the mixers, I just want a crazy super collaboration of them two that would be so fucking dope♥️💎
I'm not a fan of both Girl group, but base on this video, LM is more vocal when they sing individually, while 5H they're at their best when they do harmonize. Each one of the member of LM is vocally wide and expressive, they can all reach the soprano stage, except the girl JESY, she was like the bass tone of the group, just to balance the High and Low voice register. While the 5H, both Lauren and Normani has the ALTO REGISTER ( lowest voice for female ). Yet, Lauren is naturally had the raspy voice which is a definite plus for the rhythm of harmony, and Normani, despite of having low register, she can WHISTLE. Camila and Dinah is the MEZZO - SOPRANO ( or female voice with the balance of low and high register ). Camila is most especially positioned for the Riffs and Runs which is also a plus, and Dinah has this type of voice that when you combine RNB and CLASSICAL, that's her voice genre, FUN FACT: DINAH ADMITTED THAT HER VOICE IS NOT FOR POP GENRE. So that's why. Then there's ALLY, the SOPRANO ( female's highest voice register ), she has the CLASSICAL/POP vibe. And there you have it. Not a fan of both, but ALL are equal, ALL are amazing
FINALLY SOMETHING EQUAL!! PRAISE THIS CHANNEL Y'ALL 👏🏼💕
Only Told The Moon right omg!
Only Told The Moon
Yass , finally something for those of us who support both and love to see both shine
Facts they always made it unfair by making one group better
Only Told The Moon ikr
You should just call this video "Why Little Mix and Fifth Harmony BOTH Slay Vocally". Why do we always have to have a 'battle'. Sick and tired of this shit. Good video, but I just don't like people comparing or that it always has to be that way. Love both groups
thank you
Sparky Millen forreal
I feel like some people make these videos so Harmonizers and Mixers could fight. But I think both groups vocals are on point and there harmony is amazing so both win.💖 #Hamormixers
Little Mixer I also hate this comparison.
I enjoy both groups equally and I hope they collab one day !
Little Harmomixer this is so true both are amazing they have talent you cant hate on people who has talent 🤷♀️
NEITHER
They are equally Talented and Beautiful
Korikewl 01 well you choose
"Neither" so your vote doesn't matter
@@tyeurshoes as in neither of them are Better then the other group
Fifth harmony was good but Little Mix has tighter harmonies and mesh better
Little Mix wins
Josianne Clarke i love you girl!!!🙌🙌
I enjoy Fifth Harmony's voices more
Both are amazing! Personally, I love Little Mix's vocals 💖
TheCheesecake Writer praise!🔥
It's going to be biased considering that this is dope harmony and it's subscribers. But no matter what both girl groups can sing lovely.
sofia valentin this is so relevant!
sofia valentin what I was thinking
Little Mix have more complex creativity to their harmonies, their voices are very powerful as well. 5H sound amazing too. But Little Mix will always be vocally superior.
ALEXIVIAN #true😭
This is sooo truuuueee
9 amazingly talented ladies in 9 unique different ways, no need to compare!
marco crespo you're wrong.... It's 8 girls only because Camila left the group already but in this video she's included so they can also be called 9 girls
Mr. Cool thats why i said 9 because camila was included
Fifth Harmony😍
I love little mix but I love fifth harmony more so fifth harmony 😍😍 #Fifthharmony
True Harmonizer me tiooooo
LITTLE mix all the way! fifth harmony is Great to but LITTLE mix is better
LITTLE MIX 👑❤
FIFTH HARMONY
Both talented but in this video I give to 5H. And finally a. Idea with equal comparisons
Little Mix all the way❤❤❤❤
Both are amazing!
Little mix are the best
I'm a harmonizer but both have such beautiful vocals! Nothing but love and support to both groups😍
Little Mix hands down
I think the video is fair for the most part but this channel has 25k subs and i'm going to assume the majority of them/ if not all are harmonizers, so obviously the comment section is going to be biased to FH.
Both are legendary. Making these are unnecessary
Josefine Neuchs honestly as a fan of both I love these just because I get to watch a series of videos of all my queens, I never actually compare them and choose a winner
LITTLE MIX! But this video was really really fair! Great job! P.S. Mixers, did you notice that their voices in The End were too deep? They weren't like that in the original clip of The End?
Qoskdjajaakakak yes it was
Team Fifth Harmony Reply This Comment!!!
Team Little Mix Like This Comment!!!
Let's See Who Win? By The Way I Am With Fifth Harmony, But I Love Little Mix At The Same Time!
Perrie's voice is just amazing
Jade's voice is powerful but can also be soft and gentle
Leigh-Anne's vocals just keep improving
Jesy's voice is so unique I love it
Dinah's voice is legendary
Lauren's raspiness is amazing
Normani's voice is so calming
Ally's voice blows me away omg her belts
Idk that other girl tho?
HolySheat lmfaooo I love this comment 💀😂🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Bella sta Ablandandera ! solo
HolySheat lmfaoo
HolySheat screaming
HolySheat the shade is real
I love them both but Little mix
5HxLM has a pic of 5H but prefers LM
Lauren Is Daddy Okay and? I just think they harmonize better.
5HxLM so if a group of murderers harmonized better than 5H (which they obviously wouldn't) would you prefer the group of murderers just because they can harmonize better?
Lauren Is Daddy don't you think that's a bit extreme? There's nothing wrong with liking both groups and recognizing the other side's strengths. They're both great. It shouldn't be that big of a deal that she prefers Little Mix's harmonies.
Lauren Is Daddy ok calm the fuck down, people have their own opinions. respect them or get out.
Both groups slay, I love how in the last clip 5h were singing a LM song, Move, it shows that they really do respect each other even though there is a huge rivalry between the fandoms, why can't we just support both groups, they really deserve all of the love.
This is great but I'm waiting for Keeping up with Fifth Harmony
Little mix is 🔥. 5H is OKAY but they don't have the harmony and friendship little mix has.
Jesy can beatbox, Pez can hit height notes like a Queen, Jade has a strong voice and, Leigh has a soft but beautiful voice.
Abby10488 Lauren has the raspiness of the voice
Dinah can do high note and a sweet falsetto
Ally can belt out high notes
Normani can WHISTLE and hit high notes too
Young nick looking for a friend? Yes I am. I'm lonely
King FLover I never hear them in their popular songs. That's kinda sad. But hopefully we hear that know that they can start fresh.
Abby10488 listen to deliver and their new album hun
Both are extremely talented! Little Mix is really good at performing live and harmonizing really good! Fifth Harmony I feel like they have more diversity and more different voices yet they are still able to harmonize and sound like heaven! Love both
Little Mix all the way
This was a really fair video. I love how even tho you're a harmonizer you didn't try to make Little mix look bad. Im a harmonizer too but I think both did equally well :)
Kyren Hall this was 5h best moments vs LM "worst" lol if it were both of they're best LM would've won by a land slide. No comparison
EimyyC dope harmony actually pulled some if my favorite LM performances that they usually put in these videos. This is a harmonizer channel so of course they know the best 5h performances. But I'm a mixer and i think it was really fair considering the odds. You should watch this channel tho. Its funny
All of them can sing but imma go with Little Mix...I still am a bigger fan of 5H but they gotta step it up.
*SIDENOTE: Next time, don't use clips with camila. Use the new 5H for future comparisons.
There is not a lot of clips without Camila. Their best clips are still with Camila
i love little harmony
I love both groups but little mix has consistently good vocals, 5H needs more practice so they get less out of breath. Hopefully the new 5H3 era brings it
fifth harmony😘😍😱❤🙆🎊🌌
BOONEE98 😍😍
Fifth Harmony has and will always have my heart, but they're both amazing! Honestly, people should stop pitting them against each other, we should all just be grateful that these two girls groups are dominating the world, we should pull them all up, not diminish one to try to uplift the other. That's what empowerment is all about come on, I'm personally grateful for each one of them and they both better keep slaying.
5H hands down there the best girl group ❤️
All of the members of Fifth Harmony are so talented, but they have Dinah. Dinah's voice is legendary! 5H wins.
Fifth Harmony but honestly they're both slaying the game
True
I love both groups but I feel like dancing/performance/singing ability, Little Mix are better.
Meleny Colin true!😍
Little mix belted notes ,and high notes
Fifth harmony
low notes,wistle register and middle notes.
5h the best
GOODS 👑💖😘😍🌟💎❤💖
Little mix my Queens 💜💜💜
little mix
Fifth harmony!!!!❤❤❤😍💋👑
Little mix
They are both Queens!
But i prefer 5H ❤
That last one🔥🔥
I know
5H forever. i live little mix too
little mix all the way like If you agree
No fifth harmony is better
At their best they are equally good it's just that Little Mix are consistently at their best and rarely mess up so I'm going Little Mix
I'm not surprised people are choosing 5H over LM because this is a 5H account and the subs are overall 5H fans, but y'all gotta admit... LM has better vocals,breath control etc. It's not that I don't like 5H it's the truth
Fay x exactly!!
Fay x Omg, I was looking for a comment like that
Fay x yes, I was gonna say Harmos are just saying 5h cause they like them better, but technically Lm are way tighter and better together
Tiah Fisher finally someone that knows what they're talking about
Not really
Honestly they're both equally as talented lmao
People try to pit them against each other and say who's better but they're both very talented girl groups
Thank you! This was the fairest one I've seen!-
ok so i'm both a harmonizer and a mixer but i like fifth harmony more so yeah :)
Harmonizer Hansen me too
Fifth harmony
Ugh that was so good on both sides!!! I know we stan 5H all the way cuz they are queens but damn! Lm's vocals are spot on
I love both tbh. No need for comparisons or competition.
little mix all the way 😍😍😍
5H singing move gives me life 😍😍😍.
honestly I rather not choose 'cause they are both absolutely amazing. why choose when you can love both ❤❤❤
ALLYSUS PLEASE HELP ME WITH THAT LM/5H COLLAB
Both are amazing😍 Fifth Harmony has more of a vocal range with all of them together tho! But both are legends!
little mix all the way! fifth harmony still needs singing lesson.
Little Mix💎
when it's the new episode of KUWFH?? 😭😭😭
i'm not really a mixer and i love fifth harmony so much but little mix wins this 100%
In terms of singles, I would definitely be on Fifth Harmony's side. They have fantastic singles and Little Mix's management sucks ass, but when it comes to harmonies, the crown goes to Little Mix. Little Mix's harmonies are more advanced than Fifth Harmony's. I feel like 5H harmonize covers much better than their own songs, however the acoustic version of Worth It is amazing. Both are utterly amazing, tbh.
Litte Mix!!!! having seen this and other videos...I love how their voices been so different can be put together in a harmony and sound so united...that's insane and really hard to do!!
Joel Galarreta Tbh there voices are very similar unlike fifth harmony who's voices are nothing a like
Hunter Miller I know your comment is two years old, but I’m here to say that Little Mix’s voices aren’t similar at all. Perrie has the powerhouse vocals like Ally does and she can reach whistle notes like Normani can. Jade has a softer voice with falsetto abilities like Dinah and Camila, but she can also belt with power like Dinah can. Leigh Anne has a sweet tone that I would like to compare to both Lauren and Normani and she has a growl that is just perfection. Finally, Jesy has a voice that is unlike any other voice I have heard, because her vibrato is naturally slower and it makes it gorgeous. She can reach down to the 2nd octave too for low notes, which is incredible, so she can sing those lower tones. I also like fifth harmony, but their voices are more similar than Little Mix’s voices are. It’s because their voices are so different that their harmonies blend together so well and they sound cleaner when they harmonize on stage and during shows. This video was very fair and shows that the 5H girls can in fact harmonize, but I personally prefer Little Mix’s sound and music.
1Love2Live3Laugh little mix’s voices are more alike than fifth harmony’s if that makes sense. like there’s times when they sound alike but everyone in 5H had very different voices
Giancarlo Hicks the only two in LM that have even remotely similar voices are Leigh and Jade. I can hear similarities in Lauren and Normani, Ally and Dinah. They are different, but they do have similarities. I will say that Leigh and Jade can sound similar, but they also sound different when you take the time to learn their voices.
Love them both, but I'm gonna go with my girls Little Mix. Love them, but I also can't deny Fifth Harmony. Both are super talented and I would love a collab.
Little Mix but I prefer Fifth Harmony music
when are we getting keeping up with fifth harmony episode 4
eduardo vieyra yea I want to die of laughter again
those harmonies tho😍😍
little mix🙌🙌
Ugh this is so good!
fifth harmony
Both are amazing!!! 😍😍❤️❤️❤️
My Queens! Little Mix 👑👑👑👑
little mix won ! they make it look easy and their friendship is goals.
im excited for new music from fifth harmony their harmonies are getting better.
Coming from a pro-5H youtube channel, I can say that this is one fair battle! I love both group 💙
Little mix 😍😍😍😍
I'm a fifth harmony stan but both groups slayed honestly
Fifth Harmony 💕
Quinnvc yeah
Tanner Miller - Wtf did he/she do? All he/she said was that he likes Fifth Harmony better. He never said anything about little mix. And all you mixers sayin that we Harmonizers drag you guys, you guys clearly don't read
Figueroa Pictures he/she is just jealous i guess
Harmomixer so both are amazing ❤❤❤
Little Mix
I like 5H but LM is more way better. And it seems LM won here
Little Mix💖
Both are amazing, I'm a harmonizer and a mixer. It makes me really sad that mostly harmonizers are the ones, who comment bad stuff about Little Mix and there's a really small chance to see a mixer drag 5H in a comment section. As I said, both are amazing, we shouldn't compare and drag, we should enjoy and support both groups. They promote girl power, equality and all that stuff, yet fans can't enjoy the music and the groups without dragging someone.
Laura Kupča,, Actually, it's both groups. It's just wrong, but of course the two fandoms will fight and prove their group is better. The word "better", in this case is stupid. Their no such thing as, "Little Mix is better" or "Fifth Harmony is Better". I hate the word better. Their is nothing wrong with saying "Fifth Harmonys My Fav" or with little mix. But you can't say which group is "better". Personally. I'm a hardcore HARMONIZER, but I don't mind Little Mix. Both are great. No need to argue. But there's nothing we can do about it, sadly. Go check Little Mix's "Power" Video, has so much mean things about 5H. So does Fifth Harmony's "Down". The fandoms these days lol
Figueroa Pictures no, I completely understand and agree with you. Just I personally see harmonizers dragging LM more than Mixers dragging 5H, but it obviously happens on the both sides unfortunately
Laura Kupča TBH lately it's been Mixers, but I agree both fandoms should stop
Luis Hernandez I won't say it's not true, I'm sure there's a ton of mixers who drag 5H. Just personally I've seen harmonizers drag LM more than mixers dragging 5H.
well if u go instagram there are much more fifth harmony hate accounts than little mix hate accounts
FIFTH HAROMNY COVRING LITTLE MIX IS WHAT I LIVE FOR 🔥🔥🖤
LITTLE MIX
little mix
love
Wtfff when tf did 5h cover little mixs move in fucking shook!
Little mix👋
Little Mix wins for sure
Little Mix>>>>>>>
*WHO SLAYS IN FIFTH HARMONY AND LITTLE MIX?*
*ally* them fucking high notes and belts
*jesy* voice so fragile yet powerful
*dinah* on cloud 9 with those beautiful adlibs and runs
*leigh-anne* live for that vocal range and always improving
*lauren* the raspiness and soul in her voice though
*perrie* take me to fucking church bitch
*normani* whistle notes higher than the ceiling
*jade* always feel so happy with her pretty and soft tone
*ALL OF THEM SLAY*
(posting this everywhere to spread positivity)
I've never clicked anything so fast
FIFTH HARMONY...BUT LEIGH ANNE AND PERRIE ARE MY FAVORITES FROM LITTLE MIX
Finally the harmonizers are taking over this video!!♥️ give up to my girls(5H) and our little mix and the mixers, I just want a crazy super collaboration of them two that would be so fucking dope♥️💎
Fifth harmony all the way
I'm not a fan of both Girl group, but base on this video, LM is more vocal when they sing individually, while 5H they're at their best when they do harmonize.
Each one of the member of LM is vocally wide and expressive, they can all reach the soprano stage, except the girl JESY, she was like the bass tone of the group, just to balance the High and Low voice register.
While the 5H, both Lauren and Normani has the ALTO REGISTER ( lowest voice for female ). Yet, Lauren is naturally had the raspy voice which is a definite plus for the rhythm of harmony, and Normani, despite of having low register, she can WHISTLE.
Camila and Dinah is the MEZZO - SOPRANO ( or female voice with the balance of low and high register ). Camila is most especially positioned for the Riffs and Runs which is also a plus, and Dinah has this type of voice that when you combine RNB and CLASSICAL, that's her voice genre, FUN FACT: DINAH ADMITTED THAT HER VOICE IS NOT FOR POP GENRE. So that's why.
Then there's ALLY, the SOPRANO ( female's highest voice register ), she has the CLASSICAL/POP vibe.
And there you have it. Not a fan of both, but ALL are equal, ALL are amazing
I AGREE
Little mix manas
I'm so here for fair comparisons