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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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COMPARE

Which is correct?

Compare this to that? Compare this with that?
  

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It depends on the context, but they are both correct. compare to means "to represent as similar" [ She compared him to a wild stallion. ] compare with means "to examine the ways in which two things are similar" [ The study compared the language ability of apes with that of dolphins.

— Elizabeth11

  • It depends on the context, but they are both correct.
  • compare to means "to represent as similar" [ She compared him to a wild stallion.
  • ] compare with means "to examine the ways in which two things are similar" [ The study compared the language ability of apes with that of dolphins.
  • ] In other words, compare to is used to say Thing A and Thing B are similar in general , while compare with is used to say Thing A and Thing B have similar qualities .
  • I hope this helps!
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It depends on the context, but they are both correct.

compare to means "to represent as similar" [She compared him to a wild stallion.]

compare with means "to examine the ways in which two things are similar" [The study compared the language ability of apes with that of dolphins.]

In other words, compare to is used to say Thing A
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