compare

[Com*pare·]

To compare is to look at two things and see how they are similar and different.

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To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.

Noun
qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare"

Verb
examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend''s"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie"

Verb
consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed"

Verb
to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb

Verb
be comparable; "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes"

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v. t.
To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.

v. t.
To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken.

v. t.
To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "- er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or "less" and "least", to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.

v. i.
To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier.

v. i.
To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.

n.
Comparison.

n.
Illustration by comparison; simile.

v. t.
To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire

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Com*pare" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Comparing.] [L.comparare, fr. compar like or equal to another; com- + par equal: cf. F. comparer. See Pair, Peer an equal, and cf. Compeer.] 1. To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.

Compare dead happiness with living woe.

The place he found beyond expression bright, Compared with aught on earth.

Compare our faces and be judge yourself.

To compare great things with small.

2. To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken.

Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counselors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it.

3. (Gram.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "-er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or "less" and "least", to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful. Syn. -- To Compare, Compare with, Compare to. Things are compared with each other in order to learn their relative value or excellence. Thus we compare Cicero with Demosthenes, for the sake of deciding which was the greater orator. One thing is compared to another because of a real or fanciful likeness or similarity which exists between them. Thus it has been common to compare the eloquence of Demosthenes to a thunderbolt, on account of its force, and the eloquence of Cicero to a conflagration, on account of its splendor. Burke compares the parks of London to the lungs of the human body.

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Com*pare" , v. i. 1. To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier.

I should compare with him in excellence.

2. To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.

Shall pack horses . . . compare with C'91sars?

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Com*pare", n. 1. Comparison. [Archaic]

His mighty champion, strong beyond compare.

Their small galleys may not hold compare With our tall ships.

2. Illustration by comprison; simile. [Obs.]

Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare.

Beyond compare. See Beyond comparison, under Comparison.

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Com*pare", v. t. [L. comparare to prepare, procure; com- + parare. See Prepare, Parade.] To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire [Obs.]

To fill his bags, and richesse to compare.

To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.

To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier.

Comparison.

To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire

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Usage Examples

I compare it to being in a car accident. There's so much adrenaline rushing through you that you remember being in the accident but you don't remember any of the details.

I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am not.

I won't compare ants and people, but ants give us a useful model of how single members of a community can become so organized that they end up resembling, in effect, one big collective brain. Our own exploding population and communication technology are leading us that way.

I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me.

Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

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Other Usage Examples

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

I hope people don't compare 2D and 3D because 3D's new, it's unfair to compare to 2D which is really sophisticated, even when we're jaded about it. 3D just began, give it a chance, let the equipment and projection system catch up and be better, let the price go down, let more filmmakers get a hold of it more easily.

Can the knowledge deriving from reason even begin to compare with knowledge perceptible by sense?

It definitely has learning a lesson about the way you're living your life. I wouldn't compare our movie to that, but it has a structure where it's about a man who doesn't appreciate all that he has and finds out at the end that life has been great and he has to enjoy that.

I am still learning every day not to watch other people's careers and compare.

I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words you can evoke an era, completely throw the poem into a different time scale.

I'm not gonna say that I hate it, because I really respect Usher and I was influenced by him. But so many people compare me to him, and I don't think it'll ever stop. I just want to be my own artist.

I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.

God gave me some weird, beautiful scent that makes men and women go crazy. People compare it to Carvel. It is a whale of a smell.