COMPARE

v. 1 liken, associate, make (an) analogy (with), refer, analogize How can you compare your collection to mine? 2 compare with resemble, be or look like, be on a par with, be in a class or the same class with, correspond, match, parallel, approach, approximate, bear or merit comparison (with); rival, compete with or against, be a match for Your paintings compare well with Picasso's The new recordings don't begin to compare with the old ones. 3 contrast, measure against, weigh, juxtapose, set side by side, relate, correlate We need to compare the results of the two surveys