English-Spanish translations for compare

• comparar
  Tenemos que comparar datos de la misma naturaleza. We must compare like with like.
  No podemos comparar peras con manzanas. We cannot compare apples and pears.
  Pero no tenemos que comparar temas diferentes. However we must not compare separate issues.
• parangonar

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