compare
Plural: compares
Noun
- qualities that are comparable
- "beyond compare"
- Comparison.
- An instruction or command that compares two values or states.
- Illustration by comparison; simile.
Verb
Verb Forms: compared, comparing, compares
- To estimate the similarity or dissimilarity between things.
- 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"
- be comparable
- "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes"
- consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
- "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"
- to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb
- 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.
- To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
- To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
- To be similar (often used in the negative).
- To get; to obtain.
Examples
- A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare.
- Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.
- Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.
- We compare "good" as "good", "better", "best".
- You can compare your Scrabble score against opponents to track improvement.
- You can't compare my problems and yours.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
compare: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcompare: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
compare: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
compare: valid Words With Friends Word