compare
/kəmˈpɛə/
Misollar
- Journalists compare different sources before publishing.
- Don't compare it to yours.
- We have to compare the DNA.
- You cannot compare me to Tom.
- Compare and contrast Cantonese with Mandarin.
- How would you compare the two?
fe’l verb
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To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.
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To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.
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(grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
We compare "good" as "good", "better", "best".
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To be similar (often used in the negative).
A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare.
ot noun
- Comparison.
- An instruction or command that compares two values.
- Illustration by comparison; simile.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.