intransitive verb. To consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; liken.

intransitive verb. To examine in order to note the similarities or differences of.

intransitive verb. To form the positive, comparative, or superlative degree of (an adjective or adverb).

intransitive verb. To be worthy of comparison; bear comparison.

intransitive verb. To draw comparisons.

noun. Comparison.

idiom. (compare notes) To exchange ideas, views, or opinions.

noun. Comparison.

noun. Simile; similitude; illustration by comparison.

noun. One who or that which is like; an equal.

To prepare; procure; get.

To note the similarities and differences of (two or more things); bring together for the purpose of noting points of likeness and difference: used absolutely or followed by with, and sometimes by to: as, to compare two pieces of cloth.

To liken; parallel; represent as similar or analogous in any respect, for the purpose of illustration: with to governing the secondary object.

In grammar, to affect (an adjective or an adverb) so as to form the degrees of comparison; form or name the positive, comparative, and superlative degrees of (an adjective or adverb). See comparison, 5.

Synonyms Compare, Compare to, Compare, with, Contrast. Two things are compared in order to note the points of resemblance and difference between them; they are contrasted in order to note the points of difference. When one thing is compared to another, it is to show that the first is like the second, as, in Luke xv., the sinner is compared to a lost sheep, etc.; when one thing is compared with another, it is to show either difference or similarity, especially difference: as, the treatment of the Indians by Penn may be compared with the treatment of them by other colonists of America. Compare and contrast imply equality in the things examined; compare to and compare with do not, the object of the verb being the principal subject of thought.

To bear comparison; exhibit likeness, equality, etc.; be held like or equal.

To vie.

intransitive verb. To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison.

intransitive verb. To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.

noun. Comparison.

noun. Illustration by comparison; simile.

noun. See Beyond comparison, under Comparison.

transitive verb. To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire.

transitive verb. 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.

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

transitive verb. 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; ; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing “more” and “most”, or “less” and “least”, to the positive.

verb. To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).

verb. To be similar (often used in the negative).

verb. To get; to obtain.

verb. to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb

verb. consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous

noun. qualities that are comparable

verb. be comparable

verb. examine and note the similarities or differences of

"So what we are getting now is a little less of those rhetorical flourishes, a little more policy in talking about it, and we're getting a lot of what they call compare and contrast with John McCain as they try to frame McCain as totally out of touch with what's going on around those kitchen tables across the country."

contrast  not to he compared with  

cf  comparable  comparative  comparison  

alikeness  consider  inflect  likeness  similitude  

Adair  Aer  Altair  Astaire  Ayre  

acquire  admit of comparison  analogize  ape  appear like  

compared  compares  comparing