verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   the act of examining resemblances wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of compare form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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allegoryanalogybalancingcomparisoncomparisonconfrontation

Example

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"The explanation below was achieved by comparing and contrasting a variety of different theories."

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