compare

IPA: kʌmpˈɛr

(uncountable) Comparison.
(countable, programming) An instruction or command that compares two values or states.
(uncountable, obsolete) Illustration by comparison; simile.

(transitive) 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.
(transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
(transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
(intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
(obsolete) To get; to obtain.

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