verb
ADVERB
▪ favourably/favorably , well
▪
The city ~s favourably/favorably with other parts of Brazil.
▪ unfavourably/unfavorably
▪ closely
▪ accurately , directly , systematically
▪ easily
▪ constantly
VERB + COMPARE
▪ cannot , do not
▪
These mountains do not ~ with (= are not nearly as high, impressive, etc. as) the Himalayas.
PREPOSITION
▪ with
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Few things ~ with (= are as good as) the joy of walking on a bright spring morning.
PHRASES
▪ ~ and contrast
▪ be nothing ~d to sb/sth
▪
I've had some difficulties but they were nothing ~d to yours (= they were not nearly as bad as yours) .
▪ nothing ~s to sb/sth (= nothing is as good as sb/sth)
▪ be often ~d to sb/sth
▪
The golfer Tiger Woods is often ~d to Jack Nicklaus.
Compare is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ study
Compare is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ characteristic , ↑ data , ↑ difference , ↑ effect , ↑ effectiveness , ↑ estimate , ↑ frequency , ↑ incidence , ↑ merit , ↑ note , ↑ price , ↑ schedule , ↑ score , ↑ size