- comparison, comparing - examining resemblances or differences
--1 is a kind of examination, scrutiny
--1 has particulars: likening; analogy; collation; confrontation; contrastDerived forms: verb compare3, verb compare1
- compare - 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"
--1 is one way to analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun compare1, noun comparison2, noun comparison1, noun comparing1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- compare - be comparable; "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes"
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun compare1
Something ----s
- compare, liken, equate - 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"
--3 is one way to study, consider
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun compare1, noun comparison3, noun comparing1
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- compare - to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb
--4 is one way to inflect
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something