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Comparing

noun

The act of examining resemblances. Synonym: comparison. "The fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator"

Compare

verb

(past & past part. compared; pres. part. comparing)

Examine and note the similarities or differences of. "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie"

Be comparable.

Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous. Synonyms: equate, liken. "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed"

To form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb.

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"Comparing" Quotes from Famous Books

... In comparing algae with the great archegoniate series which has doubtless sprung from them, it is natural to inquire to what extent, if any, they present evidence of the existence of the marked alternation of generations which dominates the life-history of the higher plants. Turning first to the Rhodophyceae, ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

... for dinner, was so delightfully interesting, that she begged her papa to give him the commission whether he could paint a likeness or not: though indeed both she and Amy knew he could, from having seen a speaking likeness on his easel that day, and having had the opportunity of comparing it with the original. These remarks made Mr Sparkler (as perhaps they were intended to do) nearly distracted; for while on the one hand they expressed Miss Fanny's susceptibility of the tender passion, she herself showed such an innocent unconsciousness ...

— Little Dorrit • Charles Dickens

... however, was too full to take particular note of the objects around him; yet he could not help continually comparing the free, open-hearted cheeriness of this establishment with the starveling, sordid, joyless housekeeping at Doctor Knipperhausen's. Still there was something that marred the enjoyment—the idea that he must ...

— Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists • Washington Irving

... of Digestion.*—Comparing the digestive changes with those of absorption, it is found that they are of a directly opposite nature; that while digestion is a process of tearing down, or separating,—one which reduces the food to a more finely divided condition—there is in absorption a process of building up. From ...

— Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools • Francis M. Walters, A.M.

... point. He manages to get in a good word for codification, and illustrates his argument by an ingenious parallel with Bradshaw's 'Railway Guide.' That 'code' is puzzling enough as it is; but what would be our state if we had to discover our route by examining and comparing all the orders given by the directors of railways from their origin, and interpreting them in accordance with a set of unwritten customs, putting special meanings upon the ...

— The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. - A Judge of the High Court of Justice • Sir Leslie Stephen

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