COMPARES
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Scrabble
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WWF
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Definition
noun
- Comparison.
- An instruction or command that compares two values.
- Illustration by comparison; simile.
verb
- 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.“Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.”
- To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].“Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.”
- (grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).“We compare "good" as "good", "better", "best".”
Source: Wiktionary
