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Phrase(s): compare someone or something with someone or something
to consider the sameness or difference of sets of things or people. (This phrase is very close in meaning to compare someone or something to someone or something, but for some connotes stronger contrast.) • Let’s compare the virtues of savings accounts with investing in bonds. • When I compare Roger with Tom, I find very few similarities. • Please compare Tom with Bill on their unemployment records.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs