comparison vs similitude

comparison and similitude both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
comparison	Yes	No	No	No
similitude	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, similitude is a hypernym of comparison; that is, similitude is a word with a broader meaning than comparison:

comparison: qualities that are comparable
similitude: similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things

Other hypernyms of comparison include alikeness, likeness.

comparison (noun)	similitude (noun)
the act of examining resemblances	a duplicate copy
qualities that are comparable	similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
relation based on similarities and differences