compare

  1. Verb.  (transitive) 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.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
  3. Verb.  (transitive) (grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To be similar (''often used in the negative'').

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