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compare

Verb A2 – Elementary

To look at two or more things to see how they are similar or different.

"We compared prices at three different stores before buying the laptop."

"Compare to" points out similarities, while "compare with" usually looks at both similarities and differences, though the two are often used interchangeably in everyday speech.

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