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- compare [A with B] vs compare A [with B] | WordReference Forums
compare A [with B] (compare 1 thing together with sb) I think, for the question setter, they thought it is the latter pattern that should explain the question
- compare A (with and) B - WordReference Forums
Dear all, I compared prices in Tokyo (and with) Singapore Are there any difference in meaning or nuance between compare 'A and B' and 'A with B'? I would appreciate any comments
- Liken vs compare vs analogize - WordReference Forums
To me compare and liken can be used interchangeably in this specific case, however in many other contexts when X is being compared to Y, the whole point of doing the comparison is to identify differences, not similarities Additionally, I guess the verb analogize is rarely used in English (either in AE or BE,) so we can even forget about it PS
- compare to with - WordReference Forums
Compare to: to show likeness between two unlike things In the poem, she compares her loneliness to a ship lost at sea Compare with: to analyze two liken things In the poem, she compares her own lonely apartment with her sister's happier home
- as any she belied with false compare - WordReference Forums
"as any she belied with false compare" = "as any woman people lie about by making false comparisons" In Shakespeare, 'she' is sometimes used to mean "a woman" (For example, in Twelfth Night, there's a line about someone being "the cruelest she alive" ) He's saying that his mistress is as rare as those other women people write untruthful poems about (where they say their mistresses eyes are
- Commare - WordReference Forums
In Northern Italy, "comare" and "compare" are not the godmother and the godfather (we use "madrina" and "padrino") but the best woman and the best man at a wedding Last September I was best woman at my best friend's wedding, and at the party I was known by everyone as "la comare" La mia comare il mio compare-> the best woman and the best man at my wedding (this is often a bond that lasts for
- a better the better the best [Comparative adjectives]
I thought the 2nd and 3rd were the only options but then I saw the 1st one so I wanted to know if it's correct What's the difference between the first and second? the a Context: There are only 2 singers, I want to compare them
- compare with more than two things | WordReference Forums
Can we use "compare" with more than two things? I want to compare between the shifts in style by an author in a trilogy (three novels) and how the translator reflects those shifts in his translation
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