English-Dutch translations for compare

• vergelijken
  Neemt u even een moment om de kosten te vergelijken. Compare the costs for a moment.
  Je kunt niet vergelijken wat niet vergelijkbaar is. We cannot compare apples and pears.
  Ik zou het gebruik van quota willen vergelijken met het gebruik van antibiotica. I can compare the use of quotas with antibiotics.
• overeenstemmen

Definition of compare

• 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
• Comparison
• An instruction or command that compares two values
• Illustration by comparison; simile

Examples

• Compare the tigers coloration with that of the zebra
• You cant compare my problems and yours
• Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs
• We compare "good" as "good", "better", "best
• A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare

Related words

• compared
• compare apples and oranges
• compare one's self
• compare oneself
• compare against
• compared to
• compared with
• compared anatomy
• as compared