compare

1. compare (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.

Example: Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.

Concept: Сравнение

Polarities of the concept

2. compare (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To declare two things to be similar in some respect [“to compare X to Y”].

Example: Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.

3. compare (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).

Example: We compare “good” as “good”, “better”, “best”.

4. compare (noun) — sense 4

Definition: Comparison.

Example: His mighty Champion, ſtrong above compare,

5. compare (noun) — sense 5

Definition: An instruction or command that compares two values or states.

Example: […] including addition and subtraction, memory operations, compares, shifts, logic operations, and condition operations.

6. compare (noun) — sense 6

Definition: Illustration by comparison; simile.

Example: Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare.