Antonyms for comparing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuh m-pair |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpɛər |
Definition of comparing
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French comparer (12c., Modern French comparer), from Late Latin comparare "to liken, to compare" (see comparison). Related: Compared; comparing. To compare notes is from 1708. Phrase without compare (attested from 1620s, but similar phrasing dates to 1530s) seems to be altered by folk etymology from compeer "rival."
- verb examine in contrast
- verb liken, equate
- But we lose the perceptions before we are capable of methodizing or comparing them.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
- And she was comparing herself now with other people, other women.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- He looked at the girl and then at Albine, as though he were comparing them one with the other.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- This width is determined by Count Rumford from numerous experiments, and comparing all circumstances, to be four inches.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- Let us leave off comparing this with that—we do not know enough to compare.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- Comparing any mortal with Daniels would be heresy, wouldn't it?
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- There is a fallacy, too, in comparing unchangeable laws with a personal governor.
- Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato
- The judgment must also be requisitioned in comparing, estimating, generalizing, and applying.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- And so comparing, she could not but find in the one a nobility, in the other a—a dreadfulness.
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- "I hope you are not comparing the two," said Dalton, angrily.
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
Synonyms for comparing
- allegorize
- analyze
- approach
- approximate to
- assimilate
- balance
- be in the same class as
- be on a par with
- bear comparison
- bracket
- bring near
- collate
- come up to
- compete with
- confront
- connect
- consider
- contemplate
- contrast
- correlate
- distinguish between
- divide
- draw parallel
- equal
- equate
- examine
- hang
- hold a candle to
- identify with
- inspect
- juxtapose
- link
- make like
- match
- match up
- measure
- notice similarities
- observe
- oppose
- parallel
- place in juxtaposition
- ponder
- put alongside
- relate
- resemble
- rival
- scan
- scrutinize
- segregate
- separate
- set against
- set side by side
- show correspondence
- size up
- stack up against
- stack up with
- standardize
- study
- tie up
- touch
- vie
- weigh
- weigh against another
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