The phrase "a closer comparison" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the need to examine two or more items in greater detail to identify similarities or differences.
Example: "After conducting a closer comparison of the two studies, we found significant differences in their methodologies."
Alternatives: "a more detailed comparison" or "a more thorough comparison".
Chernobyl offers a closer comparison.
The producers draw a closer comparison with "The Sopranos," which is perhaps not surprising.
A closer comparison, says one Tory insider, is with 2001, when an electorate unimpressed with the government but contemptuous of the alternatives reluctantly gave Labour a handsome win.
A closer comparison may be with Faisal Shahzad, the naturalized American citizen from Pakistan who planted a car bomb in Times Square in 2010.
A closer comparison between the two carbon nanofillers at the same loading suggests that the crystallisation is more influenced in MWCNT-PE composites.
The Times said a closer comparison might be with the slump that stretched from 1987 to 1993, when 100,000 people in the New York area — 15percentt of finance workers — lost their jobs, according to Economy.com.com
A close comparison of their books by no means supports the notion that her thought was parasitic on his.
While SBC could cobble together its digital subscriber line and satellite services to offer a close comparison to cable, it is still no substitute.
But a close comparison of Ms. Swift's numbers with those of other albums that had long chart runs illustrates how severely record sales have been deflated.
Andrew Lang's translation (1888) of Perrault's Conte includes a close comparison with other folktales and details of the careers of Gilles de Rais and Comorre.
Over the course of a term, teachers explored what the word means and helped students understand why using it in a negative way can be offensive, making a close comparison to racism.
