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Phrase(s): compare someone or something to someone or something
to liken people or things to other people or things; to say that some people or things have the same qualities as other people or things. (See the comment at compare someone or something with someone or something.) • I can only compare him to a cuddly teddy bear. • He compared himself to one of the knights of the round table.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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verb
equate:
Compare my handwriting to yours.
Simple Definitions
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In addition to the idiom beginning with COMPARE, Also see BEYOND COMPARE.
American Heritage Idioms
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verb ADV. favourably, well The city compares favourably with other parts of Brazil. | unfavourably VERB + COMPARE cannot, do not These mountains do not compare with (= are not nearly as high, impressive, etc. as) the Himalayas. PREP. with Few things compare with (= are as good as) the joy of cycling on a bright, sunny spring morning. PHRASES be nothing compared to sb/sth I've had some difficulties but they were nothing compared to yours (= they were not nearly as bad as yours).
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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compare
to consider two or more things or people, in order to show how they are similar or different:
• Scientists compared the results of both experiments. • The woman’s body was identified by comparing her teeth with dental records.
make/draw a comparison
to compare two or more things or people and say how they are similar:
• In her article, she makes a comparison between people’s lives now and 50 years ago. • It is possible to draw a comparison between the two poets’ work.
draw an analogy
to say that two situations are similar – a rather formal use:
• Some people have attempted to draw an analogy between America’s invasion of Iraq and the war in Vietnam.
draw a parallel
to say that some features of things are similar, especially things that are actually very different – a rather formal use:
• He draws a parallel between football and religion. • Parallels can be drawn between her work and that of Picasso.
contrast
verb [ transitive ] to compare two things, situations etc, in order to show how they are different from each other:
• In her novel she contrasts the lives of two families in very different circumstances.
make/draw a distinction between
to say that you think two things are very different:
• The author draws a distinction between allowing death to occur, and causing it. • It is important to make a distinction between people’s fears about crime and the amount of crime that really happens.
measure somebody/something against somebody/something
to compare two people or things, in order to judge which is better, bigger, etc:
• As a young actress, she was nervous of being measured against her famous father. • Murray’s progress is often measured against that of Nadal.
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