1. to examine two or more things to identify similarities and differences
2. to say that something is similar to something else
3. to be similar to or as good as something else

Examples

• Let’s compare these two phones before buying one.
• The teacher asked us to compare the main characters in both novels.
• She compared his singing voice to that of a famous opera singer.
• This restaurant’s pizza doesn’t compare to the one downtown.
• Compare the prices at different stores before making a decision.
• Scientists compared the DNA samples from both species.
• Nothing compares to homemade cookies.