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 * Lightweight - Currently the only non standard python library required is python-cloudfiles.
     The aim is NOT to require anything else, and hence ensuring maximum portability
 * Support for Cloudfiles UK and US along with any SWIFT object store
-* Comparision of files to ensure Bandwidth is not wasted by comparing the remote & local MD5 and Modified Time
+* Comparison of files to ensure Bandwidth is not wasted by comparing the remote & local MD5 and Modified Time
 
 See the projects github wiki page for more info
 https://github.com/welbymcroberts/cloudfiles-sync/wiki