compare

• Sustantivo que designa el acto o proceso de examinar semejanzas y diferencias entre dos o más cosas, aunque su uso como sustantivo es menos frecuente que la forma verbal. También puede referirse al resultado de dicho examen o a una analogía establecida.

A noun referring to the act of examining similarities and differences between two or more things, though its use as a noun is less common than its verb form.

1. ComparisonC1formal

   The act of comparing or the state of being compared.

   comparación

   • The beauty of the sunset is beyond compare.
   • Her talent is without compare in the industry.
   • This view is beyond compare with anything I've seen before.

   Sinónimosanalogycollationcomparisoncontrastjuxtaposition

• Verbo utilizado para examinar las semejanzas y diferencias entre dos o más objetos, personas o ideas. También puede implicar establecer una relación o equivalencia entre ellos.

A verb used to examine the similarities and differences between two or more things.

1. Examine similarities and differencesB1formal

   To examine two or more things to find similarities or differences.

   Comparar

   • We compared the prices of different laptops.
   • The teacher asked us to compare the two poems.
   • He compared his results with those of his colleagues.

   Sinónimoscollatecontrastcorrelatedifferentiatejuxtaposelikenmatchmeasureweigh

2. Consider as similarB1formal

   To say that something is similar to something else.

   Comparar como similares

   • Critics compared her voice to that of a famous singer.
   • You can't compare city life with country life.
   • He compared the sunset to a painting.

   Sinónimosassociatebracketequatelikenparallelrelate

   Antónimoscontrastdifferentiatedistinguish

3. Form degrees of comparisonB2formal

   To form the comparative or superlative form of an adjective or adverb.

   graduar (grados de comparación)

   • In English, we compare adjectives by adding '-er' or using 'more'.
   • The word 'good' is compared as 'better' and 'best'.
   • Students learn how to compare adverbs in grammar class.