We prove a comparison principle for local weak solutions to a class of widely degenerate elliptic equations of the form \begin{ equation} -\text{ div} \left( \left(|Du|-1 \right)^{ p-1}_+\frac{ Du}{ |Du|} \right) = f(x,u) \qquad \text{ in } \Omega,\notag \end{ equation} where $p \ge 2$ and $\Omega$ is an open subset of $\mathbb{ R}^{ n}$, $n\geq2$. Moreover, we establish some second order regularity results of the solutions, that yields a weighted Sobolev inequality with widely degenerate weights.
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