Gruppa: K20. 22 Talaba: Hamidjonova Sevara

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To compare is to look at two things and see how they are similar and different.
People compare all the time. If you look at two products and compare prices, you're looking for the better bargain. It is hard to compare who was the better athlete, Michael Jordan or Billie Jean King, because they played different sports. At a museum, you can compare different paintings. If you like your math teacher better than your history teacher, you're comparing the two. If a TV shows is bad, you could say "it doesn't compare" to your favorite show.
Definitions of compare
verb examine and note the similarities or differences of
“John compared his haircut to his friend's”
“We compared notes after we had both seen the movie” see more
verb consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
“We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans” synonyms:equate, liken see more verb be comparable
“This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes” see more
noun qualities that are comparable
“beyond compare”
synonyms:comparability, comparison, equivalence see more
verb to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb see more
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To the boys, it felt almost tropical compared with what they had just been through.
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Running the Maze seemed like such a waste of time compared to figuring out the code.
The Maze Runner
I had bought a few paperbacks on abnormal psychology at the drugstore and compared my symptoms with the symptoms in the books, and sure enough, my symptoms tallied with the most hopeless cases.
The Bell Jar
Turns out, that was nothing compared to having a white woman on my arm—and it sure doesn’t hurt that she’s among the most stunning women any of us have ever seen.
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