& compare A [with B] (compare 1 thing together with sb) I think, for the question setter, they thought it is the latter pattern that should explain the question. compare [A with B] vs compare A [with B] | WordReference Forums Dear all, I compared prices in Tokyo (and / with) Singapore. Are there any difference in meaning or nuance between compare 'A and B' and 'A with B'?

Understanding the Context

I would appreciate any comments. In Northern Italy, "comare" and "compare" are not the godmother and the godfather (we use "madrina" and "padrino") but the best woman and the best man at a wedding. Last September I was best woman at my best friend's wedding, and at the party I was known by everyone as "la comare". La mia comare/il mio compare-> the best woman and the best man at my wedding (this is often a bond that lasts for ...

Key Insights

Compare to: to show likeness between two unlike things. In the poem, she compares her loneliness to a ship lost at sea. Compare with: to analyze two liken things. In the poem, she compares her own lonely apartment with her sister's happier home. "as any she belied with false compare" = "as any woman people lie about by making false comparisons" In Shakespeare, 'she' is sometimes used to mean "a woman".

Final Thoughts

(For example, in Twelfth Night, there's a line about someone being "the cruelest she alive".) He's saying that his mistress is as rare as those other women people write untruthful poems about (where they say their mistresses eyes are ... To me compare and liken can be used interchangeably in this specific case, however in many other contexts when X is being compared to Y, the whole point of doing the comparison is to identify differences, not similarities. Additionally, I guess the verb analogize is rarely used in English (either in AE or BE,) so we can even forget about it. PS. I thought the 2nd and 3rd were the only options but then I saw the 1st one so I wanted to know if it's correct. What's the difference between the first and second?

the/a Context: There are only 2 singers, I want to compare them.