compare
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.
Verb 4 meanings
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.”
To declare two things to be similar in some respect [“to compare X to Y”].
“Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.”
To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
“We compare “good” as “good”, “better”, “best”.”
To be similar (often used in the negative).
“A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare.”
Noun 2 meanings
Comparison.
An instruction or command that compares two values or states.
Etymology
From Middle English comparen, from Old French comparer, from Latin comparare (“to prepare, procure”), from compar (“like or equal to another”), from com- + par (“equal”). Displaced native Old English metan (“to compare,” also “to measure”).
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COMPARE at a glance
COMPARE has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + M 3 + P 3 + A 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,219 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with compare
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- COMPERE13
- COMPART13
- COMPAGE14
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