Compare vs Correspond - What's the difference?
compare | correspond |
(label) 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.
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, title= (label) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
(label) To be similar (often used in the negative ).
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
(label) To get; to obtain.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
comparison
* Milton
* Waller
illustration by comparison; simile
* Shakespeare
to be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.
to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.
As verbs the difference between compare and correspond
is that compare is while correspond is to be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.compare
English
Verb
(compar)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}
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In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}
- Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counsellors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it.
- Shall pack horsescompare with Caesar's?
- To fill his bags, and richesse to compare .
See also
* contrastNoun
(-)- His mighty champion, strong beyond compare .
- Their small galleys may not hold compare with our tall ships.
- Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare .
correspond
English
Verb
(en verb)- I've been corresponding with my German pen pal for three years.