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n. qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare"

v. be comparable; "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes"

v. an activity of the computer which consists in comparing data so that the required decisions can be made

v. examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie"

consider equal, liken, equate

v. consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed"

analogy

n. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"

correspondence, parallelism

n. similarity by virtue of corresponding

analogue, analog, parallel

n. something having the property of being analogous to something else

tally, match, fit, jibe, gibe, agree, correspond

v. be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

contrast, be in contrast

v. to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"

correlate, corelate, correlate with

v. to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?"

represent, stand for, correspond

v. take the place of

duplicate, twin, parallel

v. duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"

approach, come near, verge on, border on

v. come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"

resemble, appear like

v. appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work"

contrast

v. put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student"

link, associate, connect, relate, tie in

v. make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"

correlate, corelate, correlate with

v. to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?"

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