[verb] [I]If a person's face pales, it loses its usual colour.His face paled and he looked as if he might faint.If something pales in comparison with or pales beside something else, it seems less good, important or attractive when it is compared to that other thing.It's an interesting book, but it pales in comparison with Webster's treatment of the subject.If something pales into insignificance, it seems completely unimportant when compared to something else.Everything else that happened in my life pales into insignificance beside that one event.
PALE
Meaning of PALE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012